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The Senate has lifted the veto of President Donald Trump.
With the help of several Republicans, the United States Senate on New Year’s Day lifted President Donald Trump’s veto on the upcoming defense budget.
With votes 81-13, the Senate approved the country’s defense budget of 740 billion dollars, corresponding to just over 6.1 billion Swedish crowns, reports NBC News. Thus, the two-thirds majority necessary to oppose Trump’s veto was achieved.
The second chamber of Congress, the House of Representatives, lifted the president’s veto on Monday with 322-87 votes. This will approve the budget proposal.
Trump vetoed on December 23 because he considered that the budget “did not include important national security measures.”
The president also opposed the requirement to change the name of military bases to southern generals.
Trump also wanted a brief on the abolition of legal protection for social media in the defense budget. The protection, called Section 230, means that companies like Twitter cannot be sued for user posts.
The defense budget regulates everything from how many ships to buy to soldiers’ salaries and geopolitical threats.
It is the first time in the president’s four years in power that the Senate has gone against Trump’s veto, according to the Reuters news agency.
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