The Senate voted overwhelmingly for a defense bill Friday that President Donald Trump has threatened to veto, in a vote 84-13
* The Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act by huge margins Friday, daring President Donald Trump to veto the bill
* The final vote was 84 senators for the bill and just 13 against
* Detractors were from both parties including GOP rising stars, Sens. Tom Cotton and Josh Hawley
* On the left, Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker voted against the bill
* Sanders railed against a bloated military budget 'at a time when we have enormous unmet needs in our country'
The Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act by huge margins Friday, daring President Donald Trump to veto the legislation that gives a pay raise to the troops, but also strips Confederate names from military bases.
The final vote was 84 for the bill and just 13 against.
Among those who voted no were prominent Republicans and Democrats, including Sens. Tom Cotton and Josh Hawley - expected to compete for their party's nomination in 2024 - as well as Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Cory Booker, who ran for president earlier this year.
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Update #1: Senate backs defense bill, defying Trump veto threat (Reuters)
Update #2: Senate Passes FY 2021 NDAA 84-13, As Lawmakers Wait to See If President Makes Good on Veto Threat (USNI News)
WNU Editor: Both Houses voted overwhelmingly last week to approve the defense bill. President Trump's threat of a veto is now just that .... a threat.
4 comments:
Veto it. Force the GOP RINOS to put their names to the override.
Odd how the more this country spends on "defense", the sicker and shittier it becomes.
But we gotta support da troops!!!!!!! And da cops, too!!!!!!!!!
7:01 PM
/Yeah - because there's a direct correlation between defense and police funding and Covid spread.
What a stupid comment.
Defense problems do not solve themselves.
You can solve problems of poverty without the government though self help, family, churches, charities, local government and state governments.
My point is I disagree with the grifter Bernie Sanders. If you need 5 divisions to counter the Chinese you are not going to get by on 3 divisions. If the Feds cut a program or simply do not increase its funding, solutions can be had elsewhere.
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