Update 415pm ET: According to Bloomberg, Pelosi will vote next week whether to override Trump’s veto:
- PELOSI SAYS THE CHAMBER WILL VOTE ON DEC. 28 ON WHETHER TO OVERRIDE TRUMP’S VETO OF NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
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In a move that was generally expected, on Wednesday afternoon Trump vetoed the $740.5 billion annual defense policy bill – not the covid stimulus bill which he also threatened to block last night – following through on his threat despite the legislation passing Congress with a veto-proof majority.
“I am returning, without my approval, H.R. 6395, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021,” Trump said in a statement to the House of Representatives, saying the NDAA “fails to include critical national security measures, includes provisions that fail to respect our veterans and our military’s history, and contradicts efforts by my Administration to put America first in our national security and foreign policy actions. It is a “gift” to China and Russia.”
The president has previously opposed a provision in the measure to rename military bases that honor Confederate generals; he has also demanded that the bill include a provision to abolish the Section 230 tech-liability shield.
The bill, H.R. 6395, will now return to Congress where the House and the Senate both have the votes and may decide to override Trump’s veto.
The full text of Trump’s veto is below.