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LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: Democrat Nancy Pelosi on her way to her office in the Congress Building in Washington DC before Monday’s vote. Photo: SHAWN THEW / EPA
More than two-thirds of the House of Representatives will not accept President Donald Trump’s veto of the Congressional defense budget.
They voted Monday to overturn the veto, in a vote that ended with 322 to 87. That is, 109 Republicans voted with Democrats to sideline Trump’s veto.
20 Democrats and 66 Republicans voted against overriding the veto.
“The president’s absurd veto has now been removed,” said Democrat Val Demings, who represents Florida in Congress. On twitter.
The case is now sent to the Senate, which will have the final word.
Both here and in the House of Representatives, it takes a two-thirds majority to override the president’s veto. According to the AP news agency, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has indicated that it is important for Congress that the agreement be maintained.
According to the Washington Post, this is the first time the House of Representatives has overruled one of Trump’s vetoes in this way. It occurs in less than a month before handing over control to Joe Biden of the Democrats.
– You must end this campaign of chaos
– With this cross-party vote, the House of Representatives has maintained our responsibility to keep our country and our people safe, House Leader Nancy Pelosi writes in a statement after the vote, adding:
– The president must stop this chaotic campaign. You must stop spending your last moments at work trying to destroy by interpolitical actions that will protect our military and defend our security.
This is the ninth veto that Trump has abolished during his presidency. Congress has not previously had enough votes to challenge any of these vetoes, writes the Washington Post.
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Earlier Monday, the House of Representatives also voted to increase financial support for Americans, which is part of the crisis package approved by Donald Trump on Sunday.
In this survey They agreed with the president in his demand that support be increased from $ 600 to $ 2,000 for millions of people.
He was not satisfied with the social media law.
On Christmas Eve, Trump vetoed the defense budget, even though it had been approved by a large majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, NTB writes.
DOWNLOAD VETO DEFENSA: The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has not commented on the vote in the House of Representatives. Photo: SAUL LOEB / AFP
Among other things, the president was not satisfied with the fact that the budget does not imply the repeal of a law that grants legal protection to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.
He also opposed wording that allowed military bases named after southern leaders to change their names, in addition to believing that the law would limit his room for maneuver.
Parts of the agreement imply certain conditions for their plans to withdraw thousands of soldiers from Afghanistan to be accepted, the AP writes.
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The defense budget is $ 740.5 billion, which is roughly equivalent to 6.5 billion crowns. Among other things, it includes a salary increase for American soldiers.
Several Republicans have taken to Twitter after the vote to express their support for Trump. Andy Biggs, who represents Arizona in Congress, write on Twitter he was one of 87 who voted to defend the president’s veto.
– The budget serves foreign interests, not American interests. President Trump has always been an advocate for our soldiers and sadly, they are not prioritized in this budget or in our country’s future, he writes.
Also Ted Budd from North Caroline writes that he voted against setting aside the veto.
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