- Members of the House will vote Tuesday on a resolution to block President Trump’s emergency declaration, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Friday night. If successful, it would be the first time Congress has blocked such an action since the National Emergencies Act came in to force in 1976.
- President Trump said he would “100 percent” exercise the first veto of his presidency, should the resolution pass. Democrats would need 55 Republicans in the House, and another 20 in the Senate, to override a veto. Only once in the last ten years has Congress successfully overridden a veto.
- “[My daughter] is the reason I attended President Trump’s rally in El Paso Monday night,” says another conservative. “And she is why I’m with the president 100 percent on the need for effective border security, including building a wall along the vulnerable areas on our southern border.”
- Meanwhile, construction has begun on the fifth border wall project of Donald Trump’s presidency, replacing up to 14 miles (22 kilometers) of barrier in San Diego, authorities said Tuesday.
- Trump tweeted Wednesday that a new section of the border wall just erected in New Mexico. The project was announced in April 2018 to build 20 miles of new steel wall that replaced small fencing that prevents vehicle crossing. The new barriers are from 18 to 30 feet high, depending on the terrain. “Completed on January 30, 2019 – 47 days ahead of schedule! Many miles more now under construction!” he tweeted.
Wall Update: Democrats Try to Block Emergency Declaration as Trump Builds
