Senate approves $740 billion defense bill with veto-proof majority in rebuke to Trump - 84 to 13. -

[SilentPanda]

The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Friday to approve a sweeping defense bill with a veto-proof majority, a major rebuke to President Donald Trump who has urged Republican opposition and threatened to veto the legislation. The vote was 84 to 13.

Trump's position on the bill has sharply divided GOP lawmakers, forcing them to choose between loyalty to the President and legislation that sets defense policy for the country. In the end, however, the President's opposition was not enough to stall passage of the legislation through Congress. The Senate vote comes after the House of Representatives also passed the bill with a veto-proof majority earlier this week. Now it will be up to Trump to decide how to respond.

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The $740 billion bill known as the National Defense Authorization Act includes pay raises for America's soldiers, modernizations for equipment and provisions to require more scrutiny before troops are withdrawn from Germany or Afghanistan, but that hasn't stopped Trump's threats against it.

Trump has threatened to veto the bill because it doesn't include a repeal of Section 230, a law that shields internet companies from being liable for what is posted on their websites by them or third parties. The bill also includes provisions to limit how much money Trump can move around for his border wall and another that would require the military to rename bases that were named after figures from the Confederacy.

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Senate approves defense bill with veto-proof majority in rebuke to Trump

The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Friday to approve a sweeping defense bill with a veto-proof majority, a major rebuke to President Donald Trump who has urged Republican opposition and threatened to veto the legislation. The vote was 84 to 13.

www.cnn.com

 

[DrEvil]

So. Much. Winning. I'm tired.

 

[RailWays]

Cool. Pass a fucking stimulus while you're at it

 

[dhlt25]

more money to kill brown people, awsome

 

[Foffy]

Money to bomb people, not a penny to help people.

This shithole...

 

[Pelican]

It's nice to see the one thing that still really brings these two parties together remains unchanged in the middle of a pandemic.

 

[game-biz]

Good stuff.

 

[Gernau Morat Gurgeh]

The empire always needs more

 

[Mahonay]

Pass a stimulus you fucking assholes

 

[BWoog]

Money to bomb people, not a penny to help people.

This shithole...

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Forever and ever. Democrats could have drawn a line in the sand and said that they won't vote for this if the people don't get stimulus, but here we are.

 

[maxxpower]

This country hates brown people more than helping their own citizens.

 

[Onix555]

 

[mreddie]

Yay?

Stimulus?

 

[Adventureracing]

Not sure how this is being framed as a victory tbh.

 

[Yourfawthaaa]

So they can do this....but cant vote for a stimulus bill?

Okay.

 

[deimosmasque]

Wait the Senate actually approved the renaming of military bases?

That's crazy. They must have been really pissed of that Trump went Twitter Rage on them.

 

[chandoog]

So they can do this....but can vote for a stimulus bill?

Okay.

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FREEDOM™ isn't cheap.

 

[Dodongo]

Does this mean they will finally rename Fort Bragg?

 

[Tuorom]

Embarrassing

 

[Shard Shinjuku]

Okay, let us see if these numbers hold should The Raving Orange Menance actually veto the bill.

 

[TaySan]

Where the stimulus.....

 

[Equippedwithtowel]

hey it seems like maybe there could have been some levrage here instead of a bipartisan consensus on more bombs. but what do i know.

 

[Huncho_Houdini]

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Lmfao


*dies*

 

[Typhon]

Not sure how this is being framed as a victory tbh.

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You'd prefer they bow to Trump and gut the Internet?

 

[Booshka]

Evictions, bread lines and people stealing to get basic needs, many parts of this country look like the Global South right now. But leave it to the Senate to have no problem funding the further destruction of the actual Global South, while their own citizens struggle and starve.

 

[BWoog]

Okay, let us see if these numbers hold should The Raving Orange Menance actually veto the bill.

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He can't veto it. It's veto-proof.

 

[Christian]

Who voted against?

 

[Deleted member 86105]

$740 billion for war, but not $740 billion to help 20 million unemployed Americans, 12 million people whose unemployment benefits will expire on January 1st, and nearly 12 million renters who will owe an average of $5850 in back rent and utilities by January and face imminent eviction and homelessness. Lovely.

 

[Shard Shinjuku]

He can't veto it. It's veto-proof.

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Both branches of congress have to actually re-vote if a veto happens and those numbers have to be in this area, what we are seeing here is quite performative and not much more.

 

[Stunner911]

This country is ass

 

[Game Fan]

Stimulus bill $0
Healthcare $0
National Defense Authorization Act $740 billion

Someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this, my country is dying.

 

[Tamanon]

I assume he will still veto it. And then the overturn vote will be closer.

 

[BFIB]

So the Republicans state that Trump needs to remain President, but don't trust him enough to do the job. Is that it?

 

[SilentPanda]

Who voted against?

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NAYs ---13​

Booker (D-NJ)
Braun (R-IN)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cruz (R-TX)
Hawley (R-MO)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lee (R-UT)
Markey (D-MA)
Merkley (D-OR)
Paul (R-KY)
Sanders (I-VT)
Warren (D-MA)
Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 3​

Graham (R-SC)
Harris (D-CA)
Rounds (R-SD)

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U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 116th Congress - 2nd Session

www.senate.gov

 

[SteveWinwood]

He can't veto it. It's veto-proof.

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he can still veto it, they just have to go vote again to then override it

and he could use his bully pulpit to potentially change some of those votes in a potential second go

granted this is unlikely but who knows with this world

 

[Dekuman]

Where is the stimulus?

 

[zou]

He can't veto it. It's veto-proof.

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nope, hey can totally veto it.

Congress would then have to vote again to override the veto.

 

[pechorin]

america is like the paranoid gangster of the world who keeps arming themselves for no reason and starts every feud lol

 

[nsilvias]

So much murder money

 

[BarryFishFinger]

Stimulus bill $0
Healthcare $0
National Defense Authorization Act $740 billion

Someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this, my country is dying.

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Spend less on defense

Spoiler

NO

Seems insane doesn't it.

 

[DemyxC]

It's always been absolute bullshit that they can tie all this unrelated shit in one bill. Why is upgraded military tech in the same bill as internet liability policy?

 

[Keasar]

"WE CAN DEFEND OURSELVES FROM EVERYTHING!!!"
Americans: "Food and healthcare please...."

 

[entremet]

america is like the paranoid gangster of the world who keeps arming themselves for no reason and starts every feud lol

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It's historically the act of fading empires.

 

[pechorin]

Stimulus bill $0
Healthcare $0
National Defense Authorization Act $740 billion

Someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this, my country is dying.

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a better question is why do you hate freedom?

 

[Thatonedice1]

Did they hide money for everyday American's in this defense bill? No? Then IDC. Stimulus.

 

[Walter White Walker]

Stimulus bill $0
Healthcare $0
National Defense Authorization Act $740 billion

Someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this, my country is dying.

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Buy fewer bombs.

 

[molnizzle]

Both branches of congress have to actually re-vote if a veto happens and those numbers have to be in this area, what we are seeing here is quite performative and not much more.

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eh. The performative art is from the Republicans who voted "no" knowing that it was still going to pass.

 

[Josh5890]

Stimulus bill $0
Healthcare $0
National Defense Authorization Act $740 billion

Someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this, my country is dying.

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Only if you agree to spend some of it on candles.

 

[Failburger]

Infinite wealth for war and corporations.

Zero wealth for welfare.

 

[Deleted member 33057]

This still has the anti money laundering amendment in it right? If so that's big