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
President Donald Trump spent his fifth day on his golf course on Tuesday
Trump called for better leaders in Congress Tuesday morning after the House voted to over turn his veto of the National Defense Authorization Act
The president demanded in his veto that Congress rewrite the bill with a measure to toss out legal liability protections for big tech companies
He also wants language removed that develops a commission on renaming 10 Military bases named after Confederate figures
Weak and tired Republican leadership will allow the bad Defense Bill to pass, Trump posted to Twitter Tuesday morning
The House voted Monday evening to override Trump s veto of the NDAA
President Donald Trump vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act Wednesday afternoon
The bill, among other things, includes a provision to rename 10 military bases named after Confederate figures
Trump originally objected to that part of the bill, but later said he would veto it unless Congress changed Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act
The president and other Republicans have said the section gives too much protection to big tech companies like Facebook and Twitter
The bill passed both the House and Senate with veto-proof majorities and so Congress is expected to override Trump s veto in the days after Christmas
President Donald Trump again said he would veto the National Defense Authorization Act
Trump wants lawmakers to make changes to section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects so-called big tech companies like Twitter
He s also against the bill because it starts the process of renaming bases currently named for Confederate figures
Additionally, the president is against language in the bill that could prevent him from removing troops from Afghanistan, Germany and South Korea
The bill passed Congress with a veto-proof majority, so Congressional leaders will have to schedule another vote to override Trump s objection by January 3