President Trump Uses Veto on National Defense Authorization Act
Citing his desire for FCC “Section 230” repel and the re-naming of military bases that are currently honor Confederate Generals, among other reasons, President Trump vetoed the NDAA:
President Trump made good Wednesday on his repeated threats to veto a $741 billion defense spending bill, setting up what is expected to be the first successful veto override of his presidency during his last weeks in office.
The House and Senate each passed the bill earlier this month with strong veto-proof majorities, rejecting Trump’s insistence that it be changed to meet his oftentimes shifting demands. Both chambers are expected to sustain the two-thirds majorities needed to override the president’s veto.
In his veto message, Trump complained that the legislation includes “provisions that fail to respect our veterans’ and military’s history” — a seeming reference to instructions that the Defense Department change the names of installations commemorating Confederate leaders. He also scorned the bill as a “ ‘gift’ to China and Russia,” slammed the bill for restricting his ability to draw down the presence of U.S. troops in certain foreign outposts, and excoriated lawmakers for failing to include an unrelated repeal of a law granting liability protections to technology companies that Trump has accused, without significant evidence of anti-conservative bias.
Congress has until Jan. 3 at 11:59 a.m. — a Sunday — to override the veto and force the defense bill to become law. If they do nothing, it will expire along with the end of the two-year congressional session at noon that day. The House is planning to reconvene on December 28 to hold a veto override vote, while the Senate is expected back in Washington on December 29, and will hold its veto override vote thereafter.
That’s shot two at McConnell.Report
Putin’s lackey is hurt that Congress would not let him sue twitter and facebook over mean social media postings.Report
Putin’s other lackey voted against it in the first place.
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F minus.Report
This was really bad. I like AOC but do not support every action she takes because I am an independent human being who does not need to lockstep 100 percent behind someone. For example, as much as I like AOC, representative Rice does appear to be more of a team player in party politics and that stuff is important. I can see why Rice got the energy committee slot.
But the reports are that Russia did launch a massive cyberattack on the U.S. and it was bad. Trump also has a thing where he likes to be a little puppy to dictators because he wants that level of power and fear for himself. So this veto is bad. The military budget is too high but national security is still an issue that is important and this was an attack on the sovreignty of the United States.
There is a lot that the United States can improve on but I would rather be a Nathan Hale than a Benedict Arnold.Report
Well, I’m one of the people who thinks that the Omnibus Bill is bad and it includes a lot of bad things.
I like that AOC opposes it, even though I agree with her on little.
I like that Trump vetoed it, even though I agree with him on little.
I think that there are reasons to oppose the bill above and beyond Putin puppitude.Report
This does put Purdue and Loefeller in a position of deciding whether to piss off Trump voters or the military.Report
Seems like good odds that the parties will band together to override the veto. It’s a no brainer for the Dems of course- but it is making things tricky for the GOP. I am playing the worlds smallest violin for leader turtle.Report
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