10 things you need to know today: March 27, 2019

House fails to override Trump's border rebuke veto, Senate votes against advancing the Green New Deal, and more

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1. House fails to override Trump veto of border-emergency rebuke

The House on Tuesday failed to override President Trump's veto of a resolution against the president's declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border. Some Republicans voted with the Democrats in favor of keeping the resolution alive, but Trump's opponents fell short of the two-thirds majority needed for an override. Trump declared the national emergency to obtain funding for border wall construction, saying an influx of migrants and overloaded immigration systems required additional measures. Both the House and Senate passed a resolution disapproving of the move, with many Republicans joining in the rebuke. Trump blocked it with the first veto of his presidency.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.