Trump Feeling ‘Honored’ That Most GOP Senators Voted for Latest Funding Bill

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves the chamber after Senate Democrats blocked President Donald Trump's request for $5.7 billion to construct his long-sought wall along the U.S-Mexico border, as a partial government shutdown continues, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

President Donald Trump says he’s “just honored” that almost all Senate Republicans voted for his proposal to trade funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall for temporary protections for some immigrants, even though the Senate rejected the bill.

The bill was one of two measures designed to end the partial government shutdown that failed in the Senate on Jan. 24. The second bill was supported by Democrats who want to re-open shuttered agencies without the wall funding.