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Trump vetoes measure to end his emergency declaration on border wall
[DAWN] United States President Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!...has vetoed a joint resolution of Congress that sought to terminate his declaration of a national emergency on the southern border with Mexico, the White House said on Tuesday. Trump declared the emergency to circumvent Congress and take money already designated for other programmes to pay for the US-Mexico border wall he promised to build during his 2016 campaign. Last month, the Democratic-led House passed the joint resolution by 236-174, as 11 Republicans and one independent joined Democrats to vote in favour. The Republican-led Senate had approved the measure days earlier, by 54-41. Eleven of the Senate's 53 Republicans joined Democrats favouring the resolution. "The situation on our southern border remains a national emergency, and our armed forces are still needed to help confront it," Trump said in his veto message. Posted by: Fred 2019-10-17 |
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