The Democratic-led US House of Representatives voted on Monday to override President Donald Trump's veto of a USD 740 billion defense policy bill, a rebuke that underscored divisions in the Republican Party during Trump's final weeks in office. The 322-87 House vote, in which 109 Republicans joined Democrats to override Trump's veto, leaves the bill's fate to the Republican-led Senate, where a final vote is expected this week. It would be the first veto override of Trump's presidency. Another top Democrat, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, said he believes the Senate will join the House in rejecting Trump's veto. The bill had earlier passed both chambers of Congress with margins greater than the two-thirds majorities needed to override the if president's veto needed.

Source: dna December 29, 2020 01:07 UTC