It was clear 245 votes against 182 as the democratically-controlled house of representatives voted down the proposal at midnight the night of Wednesday Swedish time, writes the news agency Reuters. The vote meant that the members thus said no to the president’s announcement of a state of national emergency.
13 republicans voted with the Democrats, writes the Washington Post.
to the senate, where there is also a risk, as seen from the president’s point of view, that the proposal will be met by the same resistance.
This since several republicans have turned against Donald Trumps way to to declare a national emergency bypass congress and take money from other parts of the federal operations and use them to build a part of the wall he promised.
the senate vote will Trump yet to get his own way when he said on several occasions that he will use his veto if the congress would go against him.
If the president were to veto it goes back to congress which then needs a two-thirds majority in order to repeal the veto. Currently not enough votes for this, notes the Washington Post.
