scalise: i agree we should continue to honor all of those >> niels lesniewski, senior senate staff writer for "rollcall" joins us ahead of the senate debate on the resolution to terminate the president's national emergency declaration to build a southern border wall. when will the senate take up this resolution, and what is the current plan? niels: most likely the vote is going to be on thursday because the senate is about to depart for a weeklong recess for st. patrick's day. this will likely be the last legislating the senate does before it leaves. what we are looking to see is whether or not senate republicans get together and muster the votes to try to at least amend the resolution of termination as it came over from the house that would effectively stop the national emergency designation for the southern border wall. we do not know whether or not there will be enough republican senators who will be supportive of making any changes to the resolution as it came from the house. >> the house last month 245-182. 13 republicans supported the resolution. what will we see in the senate, and

[camera shutters] >> niels lesniewski, senior senate staff writer for "rollcall" joins us ahead of the senate debate and vote on the resolution to terminate the president's national emergency declaration to build a southern border wall. is the senate expected to take up this resolution, and what is the current plan for debate and votes? niels: most likely the vote is actually going to be on thursday because the senate is about to depart for a weeklong recess for st. patrick's day. this will likely be the last bit of legislating the senate does before it leaves.

visit ncicap.org] >> niels lesniewski, senior senate staff writer for "cq rollcall" joins us ahead of the senate debate and vote on the resolution to terminate the president's national emergency declaration to build a southern border wall. niels, when is the senate expected to take up this resolution, and what is the current plan for debate and votes?

lesniewski is a staff writer for roll call. when is the senate expected to take up this resolution and what is the current plan for the vote? niels: most likely, the vote will be on thursday because the senate is about to depart for a recess for st. patrick's day. this will likely be the last bit of legislating that the senate dies before it leaves. what we are really looking to see is -- that the senate does before it leaves. what we are really looking to see is if senate republicans can get together and muster the votes to try and amend the resolution of termination as it came over from the house that would effectively stop the national emergency designation for the southern border wall. we don't yet know whether or not there will be enough republican senators who will be supportive of making any changes to the resolution as it came from the house. house of course, past it last month. 13 republicans in the house supported the resolution. what do you think we will see in terms of the breakdown in the senate, and which republicans do you think might support the resolution? niels: we are expecting at least a handful of republicans