Senate Rejects Trump's <br />Emergency Declaration In a 59-41 vote, the Republican <br />controlled Senate voted to <br />overturn the national emergency <br />at the U.S., Mexico border. 12 Republicans joined <br />Senate Democrats to <br />reject what lawmakers <br />consider an executive overreach. Lamar Alexander, R-TN, via 'The NYT' President Donald <br />Trump tweeted <br />his response to <br />the bipartisan vote. Trump declared <br />a national emergency in <br />February in order to bypass Congress and access $5 billion in <br />funding to construct a wall <br />along the Southern border. Senate Majority Leader <br />Mitch McConnell had urged <br />the president not to make the <br />national emergency declaration.
