Senate blocks Trump's National Emergency declaration

Name: Senate blocks Trump's National Emergency declaration
Uploaded: 2019-03-14T21:00:00+00:00
Duration: 3 min 9 s
Description: The Republican-run Senate firmly rejected President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the southwest border on Thursday, setting up a veto fight and dealing him a conspicuous rebuke as he tested how boldly he could ignore Congress in pursuit of his highest-profile goal.

The Republican-run Senate firmly rejected President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the southwest border on Thursday, setting up a veto fight and dealing him a conspicuous rebuke as he tested how boldly he could ignore Congress in pursuit of his highest-profile goal.

Posted March 14, 2019 5:45pm EDT