House Democrats will file a resolution Friday aimed at blocking the national emergency declaration that President Donald Trump has issued to help finance his wall along the Southwest border, teeing up a clash over billions of dollars, immigration policy and the Constitution's separation of powers. With Republicans holding a 53-47 majority, three more GOP senators would need to vote with Democrats for the resolution to win initial approval. The battle is over an emergency declaration Trump has issued to access billions of dollars beyond what Congress has authorized to start erecting border barriers. Castro's measure says Trump's emergency declaration "is hereby terminated." If McConnell tries using that provision to delay the vote on the resolution, the vote on slowing the measure will become the key showdown.

Source: Fox News February 21, 2019 05:03 UTC