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The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives has advanced a resolution to terminate Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration at the US-Mexico border, in a bid to block the president from beginning construction on a border wall without approval from Congress.

In a vote of 245-182, the House easily passed the measure. hours as Trump prepared for his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi.

Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) Of note, the number of votes in favor falls 40ish votes short of a two-thirds veto proof majority.

Pres. Trump has issued a veto threat.

Thirteen Republicans joined Democrats in moving to revoke Trump’s executive order, which he signed earlier this month after US lawmakers refused to authorize his request for $5.7b in funding toward a border wall during negotiations on government spending.

“This isn’t about the border,” House speaker Nancy Pelosi said. “This is about the Constitution.”

The resolution will now face a vote in the Republican-led Senate, where only a handful of defections are needed for it to pass in what would mark a major rebuke of the president. Trump has vowed to veto the measure if it reaches his desk.