{"id":33329,"date":"2019-09-25T18:22:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T18:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/09\/25\/senate-again-votes-to-end-dod-dependent-border-emergency-bucking-veto-threat\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:47:16","slug":"senate-again-votes-to-end-dod-dependent-border-emergency-bucking-veto-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/09\/25\/senate-again-votes-to-end-dod-dependent-border-emergency-bucking-veto-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate again votes to end DoD-dependent border emergency, bucking veto threat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2015 The Senate on Wednesday again passed a bid to end the southern border emergency President Donald Trump declared to divert military construction funding to the border wall \u2015 but not by a veto-proof majority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 54-41 vote, which saw 11 Republicans vote with the Democratic minority, was on a resolution to terminate Trump\u2019s national emergency declaration. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., had pressed Republicans in public remarks to join them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want any president, Democrat or Republican, to overreach and use the word \u2018emergency\u2019 to overcome congressional will,\u201d Schumer said. \u201cThis is about checks and balances, not about Republicans and Democrats, and the need for the Senate to rein in an out-of-control executive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The White House budget office threatened to repeat Trump\u2019s veto of an identical resolution<\/a> on March 15, arguing that the border continues to be an entry point for \u201ccriminals, gang members, and illicit narcotics, and the crisis threatens core national security interests and constitutes a national emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Senate previously voted to end the emergency declaration, but a vote in the House failed<\/a> to override Trump\u2019s veto. This vote comes after the Pentagon released the list<\/a> of 127 projects in 23 states and 19 allied countries that were deferred by the administration to devote $3.6 billion to the border wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\t