12 Republican Senators Join Dems in Backing Resolution Rejecting Trump Emergency Declaration

A vote for today’s resolution by Republican Senators is a vote for Nancy Pelosi, Crime, and the Open Border Democrats!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 14, 2019

News from Washington.  President Trump continues his tangle with Congress on immigration. Yesterady, every Senate Democrat and a dozen Republicans voted for a resolution disapproving of Trump’s emergency declaration attempting to provide funds fopr a US/Mexico border wall. The final vote was 59-41.

The dozen Republicans who broke with the President:

Lamar Alexander (R-TN)

Roy Blunt (R-MO)

Susan Collins(R-ME)

Mike Lee (R-UT)

Jerry Moran (R-KS)

Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)

Rand Paul (R-KY)

Rob Portman (R-OH)

Mitt Romney (R-UT)

Marco Rubio (R-FL)

Pat Toomey (R-PA)

Roger Wicker (R-MS)

For analysis of the Senate vote in the Washington Post, click here.

UPDATE (March 15, 1:15 P.M. PST):  President Trump vetoed the resolution.

KJ