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Delgado, Tonko vote against Trump's emergency declaration

Feb 27, 2019 12:45 am
Reps. Antonio Delgado and Paul Tonko, with almost all Democrats and more than a dozen Republicans, voted Feb. 26 to block President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency because he was denied funding from Congress for a wall along the Mexican border. The measure now goes to the Senate where three Republicans have already announced they will vote against the President's wishes. A fourth Republican voted would be needed to pass the measure, which Trump has promised to veto. A supermajority, or more than two-thirds of the House and Senate, would be needed to override a presidential veto.