US House of Representatives overrides Trump’s veto against Military Budget Act

SANAA, Dec. 29 (YPA) – The US House of Representatives voted on Monday to reject President Donald Trump’s veto against the defense budget bill, paving the way for the Senate to overturn the first presidential veto during Trump’s term.
According to Agence France-Presse, the proposal to nullify Trump’s veto against the defense budget won 322 votes to 87, as 109 Republican Party lawmakers joined to vote alongside the Democrats who dominate the House.

A similar proposal would be presented in the Republican Senate, where the motion would also have to receive the support of two-thirds of the House members to nullify the president’s veto.

Congress this month approved the defense budget of 740.5 billion dollars, which includes increased salaries for soldiers, by 335 votes to 78 in the House of Representatives, and 84 votes to 13 in the Senate.

Trump rejected the law because it did not include the abolition of Article 230, which protects Internet company owners from content posted by users, and also because of a provision that would remove the names of generals who fought alongside the separatist, pro-slavery south during the Civil War from US military bases.