House to return with vote to override Trump’s NDAA veto

The House of Representatives will return Monday to vote to override President Trump’s veto of the mammoth defense bill — marking the first time the commander-in-chief will be overridden by Congress.

Lawmakers are widely expected to override the 45th president for the first time since he entered office, with congressional Republicans largely standing behind the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act in opposition to Trump, who objected to the legislation not including language repealing Section 230.

That section of the Communications Decency Act provides a legal shield to tech companies for content on their websites by users.

Trump has said social media giants such as Twitter and Facebook should lose protection because they are not politically neutral forums.

In response, many of the president’s closest allies have opted to stand by the bill, largely because many lawmakers don’t want to be a part of the first Congress in 60 years to not push it forward.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) condemned Trump’s veto as “an act of staggering recklessness,” pledging that her Congress would “tak... (Read more)

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