Senate Passes Defense Bill, Shrugging Trump Threat of Veto
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky speaks during a Tuesday news conference at the Capitol in Washington. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP) WASHINGTON (CN) — Setting the stage for a final veto showdown to close out President Donald Trump’s single term, the Republican-led Senate voted 84-13 Friday in favor of a $740 billion defense-spending bill. Trump is expected to veto the bill over various faults he finds in it, chief among them a provision forming a federally backed commission devoted to renaming and removing military installations named after darlings of the Confederacy. T...