Trump's Border Emergency Survives as Veto Override Falls Short
- Vote follows victory for president on Mueller investigation
- Republicans stand with president to uphold wall funding plan
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The Democratic-controlled House lost a veto override vote that aimed to halt President Donald Trump’s national emergency plan to fund a border wall, as Republican support for the president handed him a new victory following the end of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
The 248-181 vote Tuesday was short of the two-thirds majority needed to overturn Trump’s first veto, as most Republicans voted against the resolution despite the public unpopularity of the emergency declaration. The vote kills Democrats’ legislative effort to rein in Trump’s plan to fund a wall on the border with Mexico, and it demonstrates the president’s enduring influence over GOP lawmakers.