The American Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, on Friday, December 18, 2020.
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WASHINGTON – The House would vote Monday on whether to exceed President Donald Trump’s veto against an annual defense spending bill.
A domination would be a bipartisan against the Republican president in the last days of his government.
The House, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, will meet at 2 p.m. ET. The vote to overthrow Trump’s rejection of the massive defense bill, which authorizes a $ 740 billion topline in spending and an outline of Pentagon policy, is expected around 5 p.m.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said his chamber would vote Tuesday on the ruling veto.
The bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021, passed the House on Dec. 8 with the support of more than three-quarters of the chamber. A large majority of the GOP-controlled Senate also passed the bill, giving both chambers a greater share of the yes votes than the two-thirds needed to defeat a presidential veto.
The comprehensive defense bill usually succeeds with strong dual support and veto-resistant majorities, as it funds America’s national security portfolio. It has been signed for almost six consecutive decades.
The passage of the bill ensures minimum salary increases for soldiers and keeps important modernization programs for defense going.
Trump cited a variety of reasons to oppose the 4517-page NDAA and put the bill in order for what it contains and what it does not have.
The president demanded that the bill include that social media companies should protect language in accordance with the provisions of section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects them from liability for what users say on their platforms. Trump, who has used Twitter extensively throughout his presidency, has long accused the media of prejudice.
In his veto message to Congress, Trump writes that the NDAA is failing to “make meaningful amendments to section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.” He called on Congress to repeal the measure.
The president had earlier said the measure posed a serious threat to US national security as well as electoral integrity, but gave no further explanatory details.
Lindsey Graham, RS.C., Trump ally, wrote on Twitter that he would not vote to dominate the president’s veto. Graham did not vote for the bill for the first time.
Graham, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, enacted legislation on December 15 that would end the protection of Article 230 by January 1, 2023.