House Votes To End Trump’s National Emergency

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 25: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (R) is joined by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and other House Democrats for a news conference on the Privileged Resolution to Terminate President Donald Trump's emergency declaration February 25, 2019 in Washington, DC. The House is expected to vote on and pass a resolution this week that would abolish Trump's declaration of a national emergency to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

No House has ever voted to end an emergency declared by the president, until tonight. By a vote of 245-182 the House did just that. The measure now goes to the Senate. From The New York Times:

“House Republican leaders kept defections low after feverishly working to assuage concerns among rank-and-file members about protecting congressional powers and about the precedent that Mr. Trump could be setting for Democratic presidents to use national emergencies for their own purposes. Ultimately, 13 Republicans defected from the party line to vote for the one-page resolution.”

The question is will there be enough votes to overturn a certain presidential veto. The answer at the moment is probably not.