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Bill. Thats the bill that pays the salaries of the men and women in the armed forces and funds the Nations National security apparatus. The annual defense bill is typically passed with bipartisan support and a vetoproof majority. But trump vetoed the bill last week anyway in part because it called for renaming military bases named after the confederacy. Tonight the house overrode that veto by a vote of 32287. Mitch mcconnell says he expects the senate will vote to override the veto as well, which would officially pass the defense spending bill into law. The override process in the senate is se...

Were waiting on the fda to give emergency approval to a second coronavirus vaccine. The Moderna Vaccine is expected to get the okay today. Great news, that is being tempered by some major distribution issues. Governors across the country, democrats and republicans alike, say they were told they will be receiving significantly fewer doses of the Pfizer Vaccine than they were initially promised. The white house is blaming pfizer for the shortages, while pfizer is blaming the white house. It says it has millions of doses ready to go, but has not received guidance from trumps team on where to send...

Payments from 600 to 2,000. Will Senate Republicans stand against the house of representatives, the democratic majority in the senate and the president of their own party to prevent these 2,000 checks from going out the door . Were about to get the answers to these questions. Is there objection to the modification . I object. Objection is heard. The senate is debating that right now, and Chuck Schumer does have a little leverage. Vermont senator Bernie Sanders says he is willing to filibuster the veto override of the ndaa until Mitch Mcconnell relents and brings the payments bill to the floor....

Confederacy. Tonight, the house overrode that veto by a vote of 32287. Mitch mcconnell says he expects the senate will vote to override the veto as well, which would officially pass the defense spending bill into law. The override process in the senate is set to begin tomorrow. More on that in a second. The house also passed a bill tonight introduced by democrats to expand direct payments to eligible americans as part of the sweeping covid relief bill that Congress Passed last week. Now, the bill would expand those payments from 600 for every adult to 2,000 per adult. More than twothirds of th...

Majority. But trump vetoed the bill last week anyway in part because it called for renaming military bases named after the confederacy. Tonight the house overrode that veto by a vote of 32287. Mitch mcconnell says he expects the senate will vote to override the veto as well, which would officially pass the defense spending bill into law. The override process in the senate is set to begin tomorrow. More on that in a second. The house also passed a bill tonight introduced by democrats to expand direct payments to eligible americans as part of the sweeping covid relief bill that Congress Passed l...