The Senate on Friday voted to override President Trump’s veto of the $740 million defense spending bill:
SENATE OVERRIDES TRUMP VETO — 81-13.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 1, 2021
This was actually the first time it has happened in his presidency:
Congress overrides President Trump's veto for the first time https://t.co/W6jB0nx5RA pic.twitter.com/BtaXW3k8NU
— The Hill (@thehill) January 1, 2021
President Trump had wanted “the bill to include limits on social media companies” and he “opposed language allowing for the renaming of some military bases”:
The override of the veto of a $740 billion defense bill was a stinging rebuke weeks before President Trump's term ends. He wanted the bill to include limits on social media companies and opposed language allowing for the renaming of some military bases. https://t.co/ISI2kVUB36
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 1, 2021
President Trump ripped the Republican Senate for this missed opportunity:
Our Republican Senate just missed the opportunity to get rid of Section 230, which gives unlimited power to Big Tech companies. Pathetic!!! Now they want to give people ravaged by the China Virus $600, rather than the $2000 which they so desperately need. Not fair, or smart!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2021
Senators Perdue and Loeffler, who both voted in favor of the bill previously, were not in attendance for today’s vote. Sen. Perdue is in quarantine because of a Covid contact, Sen. Loeffler is in Georgia ahead of the Jan. 5 runoffs:
The Senate officially overrides the President's veto of the NDAA but without the help of David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler.
Both did not vote on the measure.
Perdue is in quarantine after a covid exposure.
Loeffler just wasn't there.
Both voted for the measure originally. https://t.co/koAAQxmD31— Ryan Nobles (@ryanobles) January 1, 2021
Others not present today were Senators Gardner, Graham, Jones and Sasse:
Six senators didn't vote on the veto override today: Gardner, Graham, Jones, Loeffler, Perdue, and Sasse
— Connor O'Brien (@connorobrienNH) January 1, 2021
And here are the 13 who voted against overriding the veto:
The 13 senators who voted against overriding the NDAA veto today are the same 13 who voted against the bill three weeks ago:
Booker
Braun
Cotton
Cruz
Hawley
Kennedy
Lee
Markey
Merkley
Paul
Sanders
Warren
Wyden— Connor O'Brien (@connorobrienNH) January 1, 2021
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