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-
he needs 34 out of 53 republican senators to stick with him to sustain the veto. so we ll see if he can convince 34. several republican senators expressed disapproval of this but when the rubber hits the road on a veto override vote that s when we ll know if they re willing to break with the president or not. we asked marco rubio if he thought there were enough to meet the super majority. he said he didn t know. trump argued in defense of this emergency declaration that he is not the first president to use these powers. we do know president clinton declared a national emergency 17 times in his administration. so how is this different? most were natural disasters or threats to the national security of the country. this is a direct confrontation with congress about a constitutional power for how money is appropriated. very simply, how do we spend our
heading to court today. there are questions about an 18-minute gap right after the attack in the timeline. bill: the bill to repeal and replace obamacare is destined for a veto in the white house. we ll have a veto override vote. but this is the first type we have been able to get on his desk a bill going after obamacare and planned parenthood. announcer: it s time to make room
reconciliation to get around the filibuster to get a bill on his desk. we re passing that tomorrow. i fully anticipate the president will veto this, but how many times have we been saying we want to put bills on his desk that say who we are, what we believe versus what he believes and he ll veto. then we ll have a veto override vote on that later in the month, but this is the first time we ve been able to get on his desk a bill going after obamacare and planned parenthood. let me give you a chance because you re new in this position and i actually know that you were fairly reluctant. and i don t think this is a job that you really wanted, but you did take it. and i don t blame you for not wanting it. it s not exactly the most loved position in washington. let me give you an outline of where i think conservatives are frustrated. i asked you about this the last time. it s obamacare. it s executive action on immigration, now on gun control. you mentioned planned parenthood which i m gla
year, we call this reconciliation to get around the filibuster to get a bill on his desk. we re passing that tomorrow. i fully anticipate the president will veto this, but how many times have we been saying we want to put bills on his desk that say who we are, what we believe versus what he believes and he ll veto. then we ll have a veto override vote on that later in the month, but this is the first time we ve been able to get on his desk a bill going after obamacare and planned parenthood. let me give you a chance because you re new in this position and i actually know that you were fairly reluctant. and i don t think this is a job that you really wanted, but you did take it. and i don t blame you for not wanting it. it s not exactly the most loved position in washington. let me give you an outline of where i think conservatives are frustrated. i asked you about this the last time. it s obamacare. it s executive action on immigration, now on gun control. you mentioned planned paren