It succeeded on Tuesday not for the House of Representatives of the UNITED states to cancel the veto, which president Donald Trump 15. march, in order to maintain a nødretstilstand at the border to Mexico.
There was a need for a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives to cancel the president’s veto.
But it was not successful for the democratic-controlled chamber to gather enough republican support. The result was 248-181.
It was beforehand considered that it would be difficult for the House of Representatives to assemble the approximately 290 necessary votes. Only 14 republicans voted to cancel the president’s veto.
Trump declared nødretstilstand the 15. February.
It came to pass, after the winter dispute over the u.s. government budget ended with that he got the billions, as he desired – and during his election campaign promised to a wall along the border with Mexico.
Nødretstilstanden gives the president expanded the options to find money elsewhere to fund the wall.
on Monday found the us department of defense, the Pentagon, a billion dollars in its budget for border security. It is equivalent to 6.5 billion crowns.
the Money will among other things finance the almost 100 kilometres long and five metres high fence along the border at Yuma, Arizona and El Paso, Texas.
The u.s. city with the Spanish city of El Paso is located in the western part of Texas by the river Rio Grande.
the House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of Congress in the UNITED states.
The failed attempt to cancel the Trumps veto means that there will not be voted to cancel the veto in the second chamber, the Senate.
