Article snippet: MORE is pressing Republican senators in a last-ditch effort to win votes against a measure disapproving of his emergency declaration to build a wall on the Mexican border. Trump is going to lose the Senate vote later this week, but the White House wants to keep the tally as low as possible and the president is now putting skin in the game trying to sway undecided GOP lawmakers. “We talk to a number of members every single day, certainly at the presidential and the staff level, and we’re going to continue to engage with them in this process,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters Monday. Senate Majority Whip MORE (R-S.D.) said “the president and the White House and some of our members are still discussing the path forward and hoping we get kind of a resolution.” A senior Senate Republican aide said the White House is “very involved” in trying to come up with a solution to avoid an embarrassing vote later this week. Vice President Pence, White House legislative affairs director Shahira Knight and a senior attorney for the Department of Justice are leading the outreach to Senate Republicans, the source said. The Senate is expected to vote on the measure Thursday, and as many as 15 GOP senators have expressed strong misgivings about Trump stepping on their power of the purse by declaring a national emergency after Congress appropriated only $1.375 billion for border barriers. Even Republican senators who have announced they will supp... Link to the full article to read more