Senate Passes Resolution to Terminate Emergency Border Wall Declaration

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Thursday the Senate voted to support a House passed Resolution that would terminate President Trump’s Emergency Declaration setting the stage for the President to issue his first veto of his term.

C-Span reports via tweet that 12 Republicans joined all Democrats in supporting the termination.

Seen on C-SPAN2 just now: Senate votes 59-41 for terminating Pres. Trump's border emergency declaration.

12 Republicans joined all Democrats in voted for the resolution. Republican yes votes:
Alexander
Blunt
Collins
Lee
Moran
Murkowski
Paul
Portman
Romney
Rubio
Toomey
Wicker pic.twitter.com/8wdytRsFQV
— CSPAN (@cspan) March 14, 2019

Notable Senators that voted against the termination:

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX).

Cruz votes no, backs Trump's national emergency.

Enjoy these flashbacks though, for old time's sake. https://t.co/gpoW7YYYfW
— Jim Swift (@JimSwiftDC) March 14, 2019

Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC).

Tillis feb 25: "As a U.S. senator, I cannot justify providing the executive with more ways to bypass Congress."

Tillis today: nevermind! https://t.co/stPUmpDLrU
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 14, 2019

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis was not just against the emergency declaration until he flip-flopped a moment ago — he wrote a Washington Post op-ed about why he was opposed. https://t.co/BPxxndrMKc pic.twitter.com/6ZikFsa1Pl
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 14, 2019

Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE).

2/15/19 -"[A]s a Constitutional conservative I don’t want a future Democratic President unilaterally rewriting gun laws or climate policy.” – @BenSasse

What changed, @SenSasse?https://t.co/nK6flyz95X pic.twitter.com/T6BBnNr3OP
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) March 14, 2019

More Twitter reaction:

All the Trump sycophants can spare me their "If you voted against the President, you're a RINO" bullshit.

The people who voted against Trump today voted for the Constitution.

I want the wall more than Trump does. I would have voted against his unconstitutional overreach today.
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) March 14, 2019

Today, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate chose the Constitution over the President’s so-called ‘national emergency’ declaration.
— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) March 14, 2019

The President’s reaction:

VETO!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 14, 2019

Senate Passes Resolution to Terminate Emergency Border Wall Declaration

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