In an unprecedented move, the US Congress voted today, Friday, by a large majority, in favor of revoking the veto used by outgoing President Donald Trump against the approval of the defense budget.
The Senate, which is dominated by Republicans with more than two-thirds of its members, approved the aforementioned $ 740 billion budget, despite "the president's objections."
The House of Representatives, which has a majority of Democrats, made the same move Monday.
The National Defense Authorization Act, against which Trump used its veto, is a major US national security bill that sets Defense Department expenditures and budgets at a value of $ 740 billion.
No American president has ever obstructed the National Defense Authorization Act, nor did Congress succeed in overriding Trump's "veto" before today.
The National Defense Authorization Act, which sets policy for the US Department of Defense, has been passed every year since the 1960s.
The House of Representatives and Senate approved the bill this year with a large majority.
However, Trump vetoed the bill two weeks ago over a plan to rename military bases named after the leaders of the Confederation, the pro-slavery coalition of southern states during the civil war in the 19th century.
He also demanded that the bill strip social media companies of some liability protections, and objected to language that would slow down his plans to reduce the number of US forces in places like Afghanistan and Germany.