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Senate OKs border deal; Trump will sign, declare emergency

By ALAN FRAM, CATHERINE
LUCEY and ANDREW TAY-
LOR
WASHINGTON (AP) — Con-
gress steamed toward lop-
sided approval of a border
security compromise Thurs-
day night that would avert
a second painful govern-
ment shutdown but ignite
a major new confronta-
tion — this time over Presi-
dent Donald Trump's plan
to bypass lawmakers and
declare a national emer-
gency to siphon billions
from other federal coffers
for his wall on the Mexican
boundary.
Wall money in the bill,
about $1.4 billion, is far be-
low the $5.7 billion Trump
has insisted he must have.
The White House said he'd
sign the legislation but then
act on his own to get the
rest, a move sure to bring
immediate efforts in court
and elsewhere to block
him.
The Senate passed the leg- In this Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washing-
islation by 83-16 Thursday ton.
with both parties solidly on Associated Press
board. House passage was
assured late Thursday night, averted a fresh closure of biguous thumbs-down from ers also said he would take Democrats and threats of
with Trump's signature com- federal agencies just three the public. But in announc- "other executive action, legal action from states
ing on Friday. weeks after a record-set- ing that Trump would sign including a national emer- that might lose federal
Lawmakers exuded relief ting 35-day partial shut- the accord, White House gency," prompting imme- money.
that the agreement had down that drew an unam- Press Secretary Sarah Sand- diate condemnation from Continued on Next Page