DeSantis and Pence vowed to revert Fort Liberty’s name to Fort Bragg, honoring a Confederate general, while Haley refused to condemn the Confederate flag.
Senate Rejects Hawleyâs Attempt To Preserve Confederate Military Base Names Photo by Mizzou CAFNR licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
The Senate rejected an effort by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) just before the July 4 holiday to preserve the names of U.S. military facilities named after leaders of the Confederacy.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell filed a cloture motion to end debate on the bill without a vote on Hawley s amendment.
The amendment would have eliminated a requirement â agreed to on June 11 by the Senate Armed Services Committee â that the Defense Department remove the names of Confederate generals from 10 major military bases within three years.
Pathetic! : Trump slams Senate for voting to override his veto of defense bill after he objected to plan to rename bases honoring Confederate generals
Congress successfully slapped down President Donald Trump s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act with a Senate vote Friday afternoon
Senators voted 81 to 13 to override Trump s veto of the defense package, after the House s 322 to 87 vote to slap down the president s veto Monday
The New Year s Day vote ends a six-month long saga that started when Trump objected to the renaming of military bases named for Confederate figures
He later wanted Congress to nix section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which Trump says gives big tech too much protection
House votes to override Donald Trump s veto of Defense bill he refused to sign because it renames Confederate bases and doesn t remove big tech s Section 230 protections - in first such rebuke of his presidency
The House of Representatives voted Monday night to override President Donald Trump s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act
Trump vetoed the large defense package last week because he wanted lawmakers to change section 230 of the Communications Decency Act
The president wants big tech to have weaker legal protections, as conservatives have alleged bias against Trump and other Republicans
Trump also objected to the bill because it will rename 10 military bases named after Confederate figures