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  • I can't remember The last time the Senate convened on New Year's Day, the Republican controlled US Senate, in a rare New Year's Day session, overrode President Donald Trump's veto of a major defense bill marking the very first defeat of a Trump veto.

  • Theeighties Air 81.

  • The nays are 13.

  • The Senate on Friday voted 81 13 to secure the two thirds majority needed to override the veto.

  • With bipartisan supports, the $740 billion National Defense Authorization Act, or N.

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  • A, determines everything from how Maney ships air bought two soldiers pay and how to address geopolitical threats.

  • Trump refused to sign it into law because it does not repeal certain legal protections for tech companies.

  • He also objects to a provision stripping the names of Confederate generals from military bases.

  • Trump on Friday Tweeted are Republican Senate just missed the opportunity to get rid of Section 2 30 which gives unlimited power to big tech companies pathetic.

  • The House successfully voted to overturn Trump's veto on Monday.

  • Republican lawmakers have largely stood by Trump during his time in office.

  • But since losing his reelection bid in November, Trump has lashed out at them, among other things, for moving toward the veto override and rejecting his demand for Bigger Cove in 19 relief checks.

  • So this $2000 Democrats welcomed Trump's call for $2000 direct relief payments and had hoped to use the N D A to force a swift vote on a bill authorizing the checks.

  • But many Republicans, like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have so far quashed the efforts.

  • The House Democrats bill is just simply not the right approach.

  • McConnell is tying larger checks to a competing bill with social, media and election provision the Democrats are sure to reject with little time left for maneuverings before the next Congress is sworn in on Sunday.

I can't remember The last time the Senate convened on New Year's Day, the Republican controlled US Senate, in a rare New Year's Day session, overrode President Donald Trump's veto of a major defense bill marking the very first defeat of a Trump veto.

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