Senate Armed Services Committee member Kevin Cramer R-ND., joins Fox Report with insight.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell remained on the Senate floor into the wee small hours of the morning Tuesday long after the Senate passed the $900 billion pandemic relief package and urged President Trump not to make good on his threat to veto the defense spending bill, but prepared the Senate s response.
Earlier this month, the GOP-controlled Senate approved the $740 billion national defense bill despite Trump’s veto threat. Trump wants any National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to include the repeal of Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act.
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President Trump is expected to veto the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Wednesday, sources tell Fox News, forcing the House and Senate to reconvene immediately following Christmas.
Trump’s promise to veto the $740 billion defense package, which directs Pentagon funding and policy, will force Democrats and Republicans to attempt to override his ruling.
Trump has until Dec. 23 to veto the NDAA, which will force House members to reconvene on Dec. 28 to vote on the override. If they are successful in obtaining a two-thirds vote in favor of rejecting Trump’s veto, the Senate will then vote to override on Dec. 29, sources confirmed for Fox News.
Trump Doubles Down on Vetoing the Defense Bill
President Donald Trump said again on Thursday that he will veto the Defense Authorization bill.
He made the statement in a Twitter post mentioning Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) criticizing of social media companies.
“I will Veto the Defense Bill, which will make China very unhappy. They love it. Must have Section 230 termination, protect our National Monuments and allow for removal of the military from far away, and very unappreciative, lands. Thank you!” Trump said.
The president has been suggesting removing Section 230 protection for social media companies like Facebook, Twitter, etc. because those companies are functioning more and more like a publisher than a platform.
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Bipartisan pique threatens to destroy an open internet
Keep in mind two immutable – albeit cynical – rules whenever you mull over some proposed government action. First, the public always is most vulnerable whenever there’s bipartisan agreement because there’s little organized resistance to the proposal. Second, the likely result will be nearly opposite of whatever it is the government promises.
Those two points are of particular importance as Republicans and Democrats move forward with plans to “fix” a key regulation that governs the internet. I could offer a couple of other rules, too: Be wary when the government targets something that affects your everyday life, and be extra, extra wary when emotion is motivating our lawmakers. But you get the idea.