WASHINGTON – The Senate on Friday voted overwhelmingly to overthrow President Trump’s veto on the annual military policy bill by scraping together dual support to pass legislation on the president’s objections and the first such reprimand of his presidency. to deliver him.
The 81-to-13 vote, the last vote expected in this Congress, is the first time lawmakers have one of Mr. Trump’s vetoes dominate. This reflects the great popularity of a measure that authorizes a wage increase for the country’s army and amounts to an extraordinary reprimand that Mr. Trump was delivered in the last weeks of his presidency.
The margin exceeds the two-thirds majority needed to enforce the bill due to the objections of Mr. Trump. The House passed the legislation on Monday and also gathered the required two-thirds majority.
Mr. Trump, who endorsed a long series of threats, vetoed the dual legislation last week, citing a shifting list of reasons, including his objection to a provision ordering the military to rename the confederates leaders to remove from their bases. He also demanded that the bill include the repeal of a legal shield for social media businesses with which he was entangled, a major legislative amendment that Republicans and Democrats said is irrelevant to legislation that determines military policy.
These objections angered lawmakers, who worked for months to put together a dual bill. For 60 years, they passed the military bill every year, and legislators in Mr. Trump’s own party has finally cut across his concerns and promoted the legislation.
The last time Congress dominated a presidential veto was in 2016, the last year of Barack Obama’s presidency, after he passed legislation to allow families of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the government of Saudi Arabia.