The House Takes Action Against President Trump’s Emergency Order

Not surprising. It’s a Democratic majority after all.

The House just voted to block President Trump’s emergency order. Here’s the current situation:

The House’s 245-182 vote to block Trump’s national emergency declaration fell well below the two-thirds majority that would be needed to override his promised veto. Top Republicans worked to keep defections as low as possible — 13 backed the Democrats’ resolution — underscoring their desire to avoid a tally suggesting that Trump’s hold on lawmakers was weakening.

The vote also throws the political hot potato to the Republican-run Senate, where there were already enough GOP defections to edge it to the cusp of passage. Vice President Mike Pence used a lunch with Republican senators at the Capitol to try keeping them aboard, citing a dangerous crisis at the border, but there were no signs he’d succeeded.

BREAKING: The House has passed a resolution to terminate Trump’s ‘emergency’ declaration to build a border wall. 232 Democrats & 13 Republicans voted in favor of the resolution. The Senate takes up the measure next, and Dems say they need 1 additional GOP vote to win passage pic.twitter.com/zuX8SS7GyU

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At the end of the day, this will likely amount to nothing. It seems like nothing more than a giant waste of time.

The White House wrote to lawmakers formally threatening to veto the legislation. The letter said blocking the emergency declaration would “undermine the administration’s ability to respond effectively to the ongoing crisis at the Southern Border.”

Just a friendly reminder that this national emergency declaration wouldn’t have even been necessary if Democrats woke up, acted normal and decided to give a rat’s about border security.

h/t The AP