[ti:US Senate Rejects Trump’s Emergency Order, Veto Expected] [00:00.00]如果您也喜欢 恒星英语学习网 www.hxen.com 请与您的朋友分享... [00:00.12]Twelve Republican senators on Thursday joined Democrats [00:05.40]to vote against American President Donald Trump's [00:09.63]declaration of a national emergency. [00:14.12]The vote for the resolution to end the border emergency [00:18.68]passed in the U.S. House of Representatives last month. [00:23.73]The 59-41 Senate vote, however, [00:28.16]is short of the two-thirds majority [00:31.32]that will be needed to overturn Trump's veto. [00:35.68]Minutes after the Senate vote, [00:38.88]Trump wrote on Twitter, "VETO!" [00:42.04]The 1976 National Emergencies Act [00:47.28]gives presidents special powers [00:50.24]to declare an emergency during a crisis. [00:54.68]Congress can end a state of emergency with a joint resolution. [01:00.72]If the president vetoes the resolution, [01:04.12]Congress would need two-thirds of lawmakers [01:07.68]to vote to end the declaration. [01:12.04]Thursday's vote marked the first time that Congress [01:16.00]has rejected a presidential emergency under the act. [01:20.55]The vote was also one of the few times [01:24.65]that the Republican-controlled Senate [01:27.08]has voted against Trump's position. [01:31.12]But it is the second time this week; on Wednesday, [01:36.84]the Senate voted to end U.S. support [01:40.32]of the Saudi-led coalition's war in Yemen. [01:44.16]Trump declared a national emergency last month [01:49.36]to get the money needed to build a wall [01:52.83]along the nation's border with Mexico. [01:56.41]Trump had demanded $5.7 billion to build the wall. [02:04.24]But Congress, which is powered with making spending decisions, [02:09.16]only provided $1.4 billion for barriers. [02:14.48]Republican Senators Susan Collins of Maine, [02:18.81]Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Rand Paul of Kentucky [02:24.24]had already announced their opposition [02:27.32]to Trump's emergency declaration. [02:31.00]On Thursday, Senators Lamar Alexander of Tennessee [02:36.16]and Mitt Romney of Utah joined them. [02:40.30]Senator Alexander said Trump's action [02:44.72]was "inconsistent with the U.S. Constitution [02:48.36]that I took an oath to support." [02:51.20]He added that Congress has the power to control spending. [02:57.52]Senator Romney was the Republican Party's 2012 presidential nominee. [03:04.48]He said in a statement that Trump's declaration [03:08.66]is "an invitation to further expansion [03:11.75]and abuse by future presidents." [03:15.01]Democrats have long said there is no emergency at the border. [03:21.88]They say Trump issued his declaration [03:24.84]only to secure his campaign promise to "Build the Wall." [03:30.96]After the president's veto, the strongest chance of [03:35.07]blocking Trump's emergency order [03:37.72]is likely to be through legal action taken by Democratic [03:42.24]state attorneys general, environmental groups and others.如果您也喜欢 恒星英语学习网 www.hxen.com 请与您的朋友分享...