41 republican senators on the republican side did agree with him voting against the bill. the president did a lot of outreach to republican senators before the vote. listen to what mercedes schlapp said today. >> president has spoken to many of these members and they shared their opinions. we have legal scholars. obviously our own counsel, who have looked into this from a constitutional standpoint. we are not making new law, we are not rewriting new law. we are using the laws on the books. >> reporter: this afternoon, the president praising republican senators who stood with him tweeting, quote, i'd like to thank all of the great republican senators who bravely voted for strong border security and the wall. this will help stop crime, human trafficking and drugs from entering our country. watch when you get back to your states. they will love you more than ever before. the house has a veto override vote scheduled for march 26. at the moment they seem to be about 40 votes short of the two-third mass jurorty leaded to