Senate votes to overturn Trump's national emergency

BY ANDREW WRIGHT

The Senate voted Thursday to overturn President Trump's national emergency relating to the border wall, according to the New York Times.

The vote to overturn Trump's declaration marks the first time Congress has overturned a presidential national emergency. 

Both Republicans and Democrats joined together to reject Trump's emergency, arguing the president's declaration was setting dangerous precedent as an overreach in executive power. Republican Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas posted statements on his Twitter of his response to Trump's emergency.

"Expanding the powers of the presidency beyond its constitutional limits is something I cannot support," Moran said.

Trump was quick to respond to the Senate's vote. Trump took to his Twitter and sent out a simple message, "VETO!"

Several senators clarified that the vote was not a rejection of Trump's border wall. Instead, some senators said this vote was the rejection of the precedent Trump would establish of his national emergency were to stand, according to the Associated Press.

The vote in the Senate was 59-41, which is not enough votes to overturn Trump's veto if the president decides to use his veto power. 

The dozen Republicans who defected and voted against Trump shows a change in the function of Congress, and reflects a changing landscape on Capitol Hill.

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