Utah Representative Votes to Block President Trumps Emergency Declaration

The only Utah Democrat in Congress is standing beside his vote to block President Trump from using an emergency declaration to fund building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Representative Ben McAdams was one of the 245 members of the House who voted for the resolution of disapproval put forward yesterday.

Twelve Republicans also voted for the resolution, though Utah's three Republican congressmen voted against the measure.

McAdams said after the vote that he supported the bill because the President's decision to declare an emergency at the border set a dangerous precedent that harmed constitutional checks and balances.