In a first, Congress overrides Trump veto of defense bill during a New Year’s session
By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press
FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2020, file photo Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., arrives as Senate Republicans hold leadership elections, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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WASHINGTON President Donald Trump suffered a stinging rebuke in the U.S. Senate on Friday when fellow Republicans joined Democrats to override a presidential veto for the first time in his tenure, pushing through a defence policy bill he opposed just weeks before he leaves office.
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As our battered, wheezing and somewhat disoriented nation trudged gamely to the end of 2020, like one of those poor marathoners who finish so far off the pace that even the hot dog vendors have packed it in, there is some satisfaction to be had in recognizing that most of us did, indeed, make it. But exiting the year did not, of course, end the problems that have left us in such a sorry state.
It is a sad reality that, even with vaccines, in the coming year more of us will add to the COVID-19 death count that is approaching 350,000 in the United States nearly the population of Bakersfield and has surpassed 1.8 million lives globally roughly the state of Nebraska. The economy will continue to struggle. Lies and conspiracy theories will remain a cancer in our body politic. Social inequality, the chasm between rich and poor, the inexorable rise in the costs of housing, a college education and healthcare none of that went away at midnight.