House votes to overturn Trump's emergency declaration

Move aimed at preventing president from spending billions of dollars to fund his southern border wall

By Umar Farooq

WASHINGTON (AA) – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution Tuesday aimed at ending President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration to fund his border wall.

The bill passed by a vote of 245 to 182, but Trump has threatened to veto it should it reach his desk.

While the resolution was mostly backed by Democrats, a small group of Republicans also voted in support of the measure.

Earlier this month, Trump declared a national emergency on border security, attempting to circumvent Congress for funds after lawmakers gave him only a small fraction of the $5.7 billion he had been seeking to build the U.S.-Mexico border wall.

The resolution, entered by Democratic congressman Joaquin Castro and co-signed by more than 200 lawmakers in the House, marks the first congressional challenge to the controversial declaration.

The Senate will now have up to 18 days to take the bill up for a vote.

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