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We're starting in the U.S. Capitol where yesterday the Senate voted 59 to 41 to overturn a recent emergency declaration by U.S. President Donald Trump. The declaration would set aside the funds to build a wall or barrier along the America's southern border with Mexico. The president made the declaration last month because Congress did not approve the funding for the wall.
President Trump has said a barrier is necessary to better protect the country. Critics have said it's inappropriate for him to declare a national emergency to fund it. The president is a Republican and though his political party controls the Senate, 12 Republicans in the chamber joined all of the Democrats and those who vote with them to block the emergency declaration. But will this vote actually prevent it from going through? Experts say, no. Even though the Senate joined the Democratic-controlled House in voting to overturn the emergency declaration, President Trump's response was a tweet that contained a single word, veto.
This could be the first veto of his presidency and experts say it will probably be as far as the legislation will go. For lawmakers to override a presidential veto, 2/3 of them have to vote to do that in both chambers of Congress and lawmakers do not have enough votes to override this emergency declaration. So what happens next? It's likely the U.S. court system will ultimately decide on whether the declaration succeeds in getting the wall built. Sixteen states have sued to block the declaration and the Trump Administration expects that the Supreme Court will make the final decision.
