Overturn Trump's veto! U.S. Congress votes to pass the National Defense Authorization Act

Original title: US Congress overturns Trump's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act

　　Xinhua News Agency, Washington, January 1 (Reporter Deng Xianlai and Sun Ding) The US Senate voted again on the 1st to pass the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2021, thereby overturning President Trump's previous veto of the bill.

　　The U.S. Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2021 again with 80 votes in favor and 13 against on the same day.

Since the House of Representatives passed the bill again with 322 votes in favor and 87 votes against on the 28th of last month, the National Defense Authorization Act became law without the President’s signature.

　　The US Senate Majority Leader and Republican McConnell delivered a speech before the vote on January 1, saying that making this bill into law is a "serious duty" of Congress.

　　Earlier in December 2020, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2021 with a majority of more than two-thirds.

According to the content of the bill, US defense expenditures in fiscal 2021 will be $740.5 billion, a slight increase over the previous fiscal year.

Among them, more than 630 billion U.S. dollars is used for the basic budget of defense projects, and 69 billion U.S. dollars is used for overseas military activities.

　　Due to dissatisfaction with the content of the National Defense Authorization Act, Trump used the president's executive power on December 23, 2020 to veto the bill, which was widely supported by both houses of Congress.

This is the ninth bill Trump used the president's executive power to veto.

　　The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives pass the National Defense Authorization Act for the next fiscal year in accordance with the Constitution each year, which is signed into law by the President. It is a guiding document for the U.S. defense annual budget and defense policy.

According to related laws, after the bill is vetoed by the President, if the Senate and House of Congress vote on the bill again and pass by at least a two-thirds majority, the President’s veto will be overturned and the bill will not be signed by the President. Become law.