Congress overrides Trump veto for the first time

[Rogue Valley]

Congress overrides Trump veto for the first time

Congress delivered a stinging rebuke to President Trump on Friday, handing him his first veto override in the final days of his administration.

thehill.com

1/1/21
Congress delivered a stinging rebuke to President Trump during a rare New Year's Day session Friday, handing him his first veto override in the final days of his administration. The GOP-controlled Senate voted 81-13 to override Trump’s veto of a mammoth defense bill, well above the two-thirds support necessary, underscoring the depth of disagreement between the two sides of Pennsylvania Avenue. The House voted 322-87 earlier this week to nix Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which greenlights spending levels and lays out policy for the Pentagon. The veto fight over the NDAA is in many ways a culmination of years-long, deep divisions between Congress and the president when it comes to defense and national security policy, which started almost as soon as Trump took over the White House with a months-long fight over Russia sanctions.

“President Trump tried to make this vote a loyalty test and an overwhelming majority of U.S. Senators demonstrated their loyalty to the common defense and to the men and women of the United States Armed Forces who defend our nation. ... This vote was undoubtedly a bipartisan rebuke of President Trump. He tried to use our troops as political pawns and distort what this bill is about. In the end, he lost," Sen. Jack ReedThe president warned for months that he would veto the defense bill, which will now become law for the 60th year in a row, over language included in both the initial House and Senate bills requiring the Pentagon to change the names of Confederate-named military bases and installations. (D-R.I.) said in a statement after Friday's vote.

Trump's attempt to extort Congress using the NDAA ended in abject failure. Both the House and the Senate overturned the Trump veto with ample votes.

No legislation repealing Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act was included in the NDAA.

Legislation requiring the Pentagon to change the names of 10 Army bases named after Confederate officers/slave-traders remained in the NDAA.

Senate hands Trump his first veto override

The upper chamber approved the National Defense Authorization Act with a wide bipartisan majority over the president's objections.

www.politico.com

 

[Rich2018]

Any defeat for Trump is good.

 

[Rogue Valley]

Senate Joins House in Overriding Trump’s NDAA Veto

Congress’ rejection of the veto—the first in Trump’s presidency—comes during his final days in office.

www.defenseone.com

Here are the Senators (all Republicans) that either voted NO or failed to vote at all (in hiding - afraid of Trump)

Both Georgia GOP Senate runoff candidates did not vote to override Trumps NDAA veto - David Perdue (GA) and Kelly Loeffler (GA) - preferred to hide.

Other GOP Senators who did not vote to override Trumps NDAA veto - Lindsey Graham (SC), Ben Sasse (NE), Cory Gardner (CO), Ted Cruz (TX), and Tom Cotton (AR) (preferred to hide).

GOP Senators voting NO on overriding Trumps NDAA veto - John Kennedy (LA) and Josh Hawley (MO).

In practical terms, the GOP Senators above voted against funding the US military.

 

[lemmiwinx]

Any defeat for Trump is good.

He made 'em come in on a holiday to cast their votes to override. A last middle finger to the legislative branch that blocked all his efforts. Except for confirming judges which the Senate did an excellent job of.

 

[Rich2018]

He made 'em come in on a holiday to cast their votes to override. A last middle finger to the legislative branch that blocked all his efforts. Except for confirming judges which the Senate did an excellent job of.

Packing the court with his appointees, seems to not have had the results Trump expected though

 

[armycowboy]

He made 'em come in on a holiday to cast their votes to override. A last middle finger to the legislative branch that blocked all his efforts. Except for confirming judges which the Senate did an excellent job of.

Petty much?

 

[Rich2018]

Petty much?

No, it's not the orange clown's last act

He's already superseded it with a disgraceful hour long phone call trying to strong arm Georgia officials to break the law for him

"Stop the Steal" indeed - lock Trump up.