(File Photo)The Democratic-controlled House has voted to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a defense policy bill. Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Trump’s declaration that China gained from the defense bill was false. Reed called the December 23 veto “Trump’s parting gift to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and a lump of coal for our troops. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, in a rare break with Trump, had urged passage of the defense bill despite Trump’s veto threat. McConnell said it was important for Congress to continue its nearly six-decade-long streak of passing the defense policy bill.

Source: Indian Express December 29, 2020 09:09 UTC