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Commentary: The Senate rebuked Trump's 'emergency' border wall, just not strongly enough

The Senate gave final approval Thursday to a House-passed resolution to end the state of emergency declared by President Donald Trump in order to steer billions of additional tax dollars to his pet project, a bigger, more extensive wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. It's the second rebuke to Trump in two days - the body voted Wednesday to cut off U.S. aid to Saudi Arabia for the war against Yemeni rebels. But there does not appear to be enough GOP support for the wall resolution to overcome a certain Trump veto.

That's because of members like Sen. James

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