Trump Vetoes Broadly Supported Defense Bill As He Battles Congress On Multiple Fronts

President Donald Trump on Wednesday followed through on his threat to veto the annual defense spending bill, which was passed by Congress with broad bipartisan support, as he clashes with lawmakers – and Senate GOP leadership in particular – on a stimulus bill and the election. The National Defense Authorization Act passed both chambers of Congress by wide margins (335-78 in the House, 84-13 in the Senate). In his veto letter, Trump railed against lawmakers’ refusal to accede to his demands to attach a measure to the NDAA repealing Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act — which protects social media companies from being held liable for content on their platforms, which he has said leads to censorship – as well as for their inclusion of a measure requiring the renaming of military bases named for Confederate generals.