Washington,<\/p>\n
Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives sent an unequivocal message to President Donald Trump on Tuesday when they overwhelmingly passed a defense spending bill that the commander-in-chief has threatened to veto.<\/p>\n
The 335-78 vote approving the gargantuan $731 billion bill ensures that the House has enough votes to override a potential veto. It is unclear if the Senate will also have a veto-proof majority when it is sent to the chamber.<\/p>\n
Trump has vowed to veto the bill because it contains certain provisions he has voiced disapproval of while lacking others he has demanded. But a large chunk of his Republican partisans bucked his threats in voting for the bill.<\/p>\n
Trump has lambasted a requirement that the Defense Department rename military installations that bear the name of Confederate generals. The confederacy was a separatist movement that fought against the US in the mid-1800s to maintain the right to own Black people as slaves.<\/p>\n
The bases, as well as monuments honoring Confederates, became a flashpoint of public protests following the police-involved killings of Black men, including George Floyd in May.<\/p>\n
Trump has also threatened a veto if the bill does not include a provision repealing a statute known as Section 230 that shields social media companies from legal action over content posted by their users.<\/p>\n
Trump and his Republican allies have sought to focus on Section 230 in their criticism of what they say are efforts by social media companies to censor conservative viewpoints.<\/p>\n
In May, Trump issued an executive order calling for new regulations to be imposed on the legal protections, which are part of a largely defunct 1996 law that has been used to protect internet companies from lawsuits.<\/p>\n
Section 230 is one of the few remaining parts of the Communications Decency Act, which was largely struck down by the Supreme Court over free speech concerns.<\/p>\n
If the Senate follows the House in approving the defense bill by a large margin, it is unclear if Trump will issue a veto when the bill hits his desk. Doing so would risk an embarrassing milestone in the twilight hours of his presidency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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