US Senate votes AGAINST Trump Border Wall….

What’s next: Trump made it clear before the vote on Thursday that he plans to veto the bill. It will be the first veto of his presidency, made as some Republicans voice growing concerns about executive overreach. 12 Republicans voted to block Trump’s emergency declaration on Thursday.

The 12 Republicans who voted against Trump’s national emergency:

• Lamar Alexander (Tenn.)
• Roy Blunt (Mo.)
• Susan Collins (Me.)
• Mike Lee (Utah)
• Jerry Moran (Kan.)
• Lisa Murkowski (Alaska)
• Rand Paul (Ky.)
• Rob Portman (Ohio)
• Mitt Romney (Utah)
• Marco Rubio (Fla.)
• Patrick J. Toomey (Pa.)
• Roger Wicker (Miss.)

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Donald Trump’s juice a bit weaker?

President Trump tried to marshal his most potent weapon — himself — to stave off what eventually became an embarrassing rejection from his own party over his declared national emergency on the border.

In numerous calls with Republican senators in recent days, the president spoke of the battle almost exclusively in personal terms — telling them they would be voting against him while brushing aside constitutional concerns over his attempt to reroute billions of federal dollars for a border wall. He argued that a vote against the emergency would be seen by GOP supporters as being against border security and the wall and would hurt their own political fortunes, according to a person with direct knowledge of some of the calls.

The president, along with his aides, continued to hammer that message leading up to Thursday’s Senate vote on the issue. Trump tweeted the day before that Republican senators were “overthinking” it, stressing that it was only about supporting border security. And White House aides made it clear to undecided Republicans that Trump was noticing those who chose to oppose him — particularly if they were up for reelection in 2020. 

But it wasn’t enough, as a dozen Republicans joined Democrats in dealing Trump a humiliating blow by voting Thursday to nullify the national emergency, setting up what is likely to be the first veto of his presidency…..

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