By Umar Farooq</p> <p>WASHINGTON (AA) – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution Tuesday aimed at ending President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration to fund his border wall.</p> <p>The bill passed by a vote of 245 to 182, but Trump has threatened to veto it should it reach his desk.</p> <p>While the resolution was mostly backed by Democrats, a small group of Republicans also voted in support of the measure.</p> <p>Earlier this month, Trump declared a national emergency on border security, attempting to circumvent Congress for funds after lawmakers gave him only a small fraction of the $5.7 billion he had been seeking to build the U.S.-Mexico border wall.</p> <p>The resolution, entered by Democratic congressman Joaquin Castro and co-signed by more than 200 lawmakers in the House, marks the first congressional challenge to the controversial declaration.</p> <p>The Senate will now have up to 18 days to take the bill up for a vote.
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