Trump vetoes national emergency resolution

Resolution unlikely to receive two-thirds majority in House and Senate that would allow for congressional override

By Michael Hernandez

WASHINGTON (AA) - President Donald Trump issued the first veto of his presidency Friday, overturning a congressional effort to repeal the national emergency he declared to build his long-promised U.S.-Mexico border wall.

The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives is expected to reconsider the resolution later this month, but it is unlikely to secure the two-thirds majority to override Trump's veto.

The same holds true for the Senate, where just 59 lawmakers in the 100-member chamber voted for the resolution Thursday.

"Congress' vote to deny the crisis on the southern border is a vote against reality," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

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