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A joint resolution passed in the House. It aims to block a DC law that would allow illegal ...

Rob: griff jenkins joins us with more on the border battle. >> reporter: a strong message to the president from democratic-controlled house when they pass a resolution blocking is national emergency declaration. >> this is not about politics. it is not about partisanship. it is about patriotism. we would be delinquent in our duties if we did not resist, fight back and overturn the president's declaration. >> reporter: kevin mccarthy says the president is doing what is necessary to secure the border. >> the president is going to get the full 200 miles experts said we need to protect us, to have...

Would happen after the house passed something like that is that republican senator mitch mcconnell over on the senate side, he would have no choice in the matter at all. that law, the national emergencies act, would automatically trigger a similar vote in the u.s. senate. that's the way the law works, right? if it was the senate passing a resolution to block the president from declaring this emergency, if the senate did that, it would force the house to take a similar vote. in this case, it would probably be the house taking a vote to block the president from declaring this emergency. that und...

House passed something like that is that republican senator mitch mcconnell on the senate side would have no chaoice in the matter at all. that law, the national emergency act would automatically trigger a similar vote in the u.s. senate. that's the way the law works, right? if it was the senate passing a resolution to block the president from declaring this emergency, then the senate did that, that would force the house to take a similar vote and in this case it would be the house taking a vote to block the president from declaring this emergency and that under this law would trigger the sena...