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President Donald Trump vetoed the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday over unrelated issues like social-media laws.
Former White House national security advisor John Bolton wrote on Twitter that it was the shameful last act of a failed presidency.
Trump has used his veto authority a number of times during his presidency without any challenge, but Congress may override this one.
President Donald Trump s former national security advisor sharply condemned the commander in chief s decision to veto the defense-spending bill Wednesday.
Making good on repeated threats to do so, Trump vetoed the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, a $741 billion defense bill that funds the Department of Defense and had passed both chambers of Congress with strong bipartisan support.
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Trump vetoes National Defense bill, but Congress has votes to override
President Donald Trump vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday, a $741 billion national security package that would raise troops pay, direct the purchase of weapons and set military policies because it does not include provisions that he wanted, like stripping social media companies (like Facebook and Twitter) from protections against being sued by any
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By COREY DICKSTEIN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: December 23, 2020 WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued his promised veto of the defense spending and policy bill that was passed easily by Senate and House lawmakers earlier this month, setting up votes to override Trump’s attempt to kill the legislation. Trump signed the veto of the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday, his last day to do so, after spending months warning he would sink the bill without the changes that lawmakers declined to make before passing it. Trump cited measures in the $740.5 billion bill limiting his ability to withdraw troops from Afghanistan and Germany, beginning a process to rename bases honoring Confederate Civil War generals, and for its lack of language killing liability protections for social media companies.