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The vote mirrored ones last month and in March in which a number of Republicans broke with Trump in defending lawmakers\u2019 power of the purse. The military projects in question included base schools and target ranges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In February, Trump declared the security situation along the border a national emergency. That decision enabled him to take up to $3.6 billion from such projects to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/09\/20\/about-a-mile-of-new-wall-built-each-day-along-mexico-border-pentagon-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">finance wall construction<\/a> beyond the miles that lawmakers have been willing to fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats reacted with outrage and some GOP senators opposed Trump as well. Top Republicans such as Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky had urged Trump not to do it. But once Trump acted, McConnell and others fell into line even as 10 Republicans broke with Trump on Thursday\u2019s vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe president\u2019s emergency declaration is an unconstitutional power grab. Congress has not fully funded his requests for border wall funding,\u201d said Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M. \u201cBut this president will not accept Congress\u2019s judgment. Or our constitutional authority. 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