Senate votes against Trump border emergency

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By LISA MASCARO, ALAN FRAM and CATHERINE LUCEY | AP

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Fri, 2019-03-15 04:39

WASHINGTON: In a stunning rebuke, a dozen defecting Republicans joined Senate Democrats to block the national emergency that President Donald Trump declared so he could build his border wall with Mexico. The rejection capped a week of confrontation with the White House as both parties in Congress strained to exert their power in new ways.

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