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This “National Defense Authorization Law” includes provisions that recommend a 3% salary increase for active military personnel.
US President Trump used his veto power to petition Congress to reconsider next year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). He criticized the bill for lacking some “important measures to protect national security”, describing it as a “gift to China and Russia.”
Trump notified the House of Representatives on Wednesday (December 23) that he will use his veto power. He explained that he was dissatisfied with the bill’s provisions restricting the number of US troops stationed abroad and renaming some military installations after Army generals from the South during the American Civil War. He described that these clauses do not properly respect the history of the US military, nor do they conform to his administration’s policy of prioritizing the United States in national security and foreign policy.
He also criticized that the policy of restricting the number of US troops stationed abroad violates the Constitution and is also “bad policy.”
According to US law, any bill must be signed by the president before it becomes law after it is passed by Congress. The president can use a veto to ask Congress to re-examine the bill’s content. However, if more than two-thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives again vote on the bill, they can bypass the president’s veto and convert the bill into law.
This “National Defense Authorization Act” was previously passed by a majority of the Senate and House of Representatives, so it is hoped that even if Trump uses veto power, Congress will have enough support to circumvent his veto power. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi described Trump’s veto of the bill as “surprisingly reckless” that jeopardized the security of the United States and ignored the consensus of both Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
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Pelosi described Trump’s veto on the bill as “surprisingly reckless.”
This bill is about 4,500 pages long, and Congress has spent nearly a year reviewing it. The content primarily regulates US defense spending on weapons, equipment, and personnel. This year’s bill includes a proposal to increase the salaries of active duty military personnel by 3%. If Congress cannot circumvent Trump’s veto power, it will be the first time in 60 years that the National Defense Authorization Act cannot be passed.
Congress stands a good chance of getting enough support to bypass Trump’s veto and turn this bill into law, so some of its staff reportedly suggested that it should not exercise the veto. During Trump’s tenure, he used his veto power to refuse to sign bills eight times. After returning to Congress, these bills could not be passed again with the cooperation of Republican lawmakers.
But this time the internal views of the Republican Party are not consistent. Even Republicans who have supported Trump’s policy many times in the past have declared that they will continue to vote for this bill and resist Trump’s veto.
This includes Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Mitch McConnell), who has reached consensus with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and will vote next week whether it should be bypassed. veto power.
Another Republican senator, Lindsey Graham, threatened to support Trump’s veto unless Congress, at the president’s request, changes the bill that exempts social media platforms from legal liability.
The bill also stipulates that social media companies do not need to be legally responsible for content uploaded to the platform by users, but can voluntarily remove some content that involves violence, pornography, etc.
