Posted on 12/11/2020 1:23:52 PM PST by RandFan
@jennfranconews
BREAKING: The Senate passes the National Defense authorization Act (NDAA) in a vote of 84-13.
The measure now heads to President Trump who is threatening to veto the bill because it fails to clamp down on big tech companies.
@ScottWaller10
No votes on NDAA
Braun (R-IN)
Cotton (R-AR)
Cruz (R-TX)
Hawley (R-MO)
Kennedy (R-LA)
Lee (R-UT)
Markey (D-MA)
Merkley (D-OR)
Paul (R-KY)
Sanders (I-VT)
Warren (D-MA)
Wyden (D-OR)
Not Voting - 3
Graham (R-SC)
Loeffler (R-GA)
Rounds (R-SD)
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For your interest.
Veto will be over-ridden.
Getting rid of 230 is not going to help anything, and it will probably make it worse.
Pocket veto
Yes please!
I told you earlier this morning it would pass. It did.
President Trump should veto it anyway and make them vote to over ride.
Not necessarily.
Did Rand get a deal or something? or did he cave? :/
I hate these fricking republican traitors. All of them are corrupt and turning this country into something like Venezuela.
Rand is a no vote, so not sure why you think he got a deal?
He was holding up this and the CR but he dropped his objection. I wonder if he got something in return...
A pocket veto is a legislative maneuver that allows a president or another official with veto power to exercise that power over a bill by taking no action instead of affirmatively vetoing it.
He drew a pretty big line in the sand there, and he better veto that.
Rand dropped his objection to the NDAA and CR.
Sanders and Hawley also dropped their objection to the CR.
I suspect they have been promised votes on amendments or legislation next week...
See:
Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) decision to slow-walk the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) initially sparked speculation that the CR could go down to, or potentially over, the deadline. The NDAA ultimately passed with 84 votes, well over the amount needed to overturn a veto, on Friday afternoon.
Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) are also pushing for a second round of stimulus checks. While they agreed to let the CR pass on Friday — because leadership went down to the deadline they needed cooperation from every senator — they warned that they were digging in for a fight next week ahead of the new Dec. 18 deadline.
Rand dropped his objection to the NDAA and CR.
Sanders and Hawley also dropped their objection to the CR.
I suspect they have been promised votes on amendments or legislation next week...
See:
Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) decision to slow-walk the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) initially sparked speculation that the CR could go down to, or potentially over, the deadline. The NDAA ultimately passed with 84 votes, well over the amount needed to overturn a veto, on Friday afternoon.
Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) are also pushing for a second round of stimulus checks. While they agreed to let the CR pass on Friday — because leadership went down to the deadline they needed cooperation from every senator — they warned that they were digging in for a fight next week ahead of the new Dec. 18 deadline.
Mitch and Nancy won’t adjourn Congres, they will both hold oro-forma sessions to take pocket feties out of the equation.
pro forma session
A brief meeting (sometimes only several seconds) in which no business is conducted. It is held usually to satisfy the constitutional obligation that neither chamber can adjourn for more than three days without the consent of the other.
Pro forma sessions can also be used to prevent the President from making recess appointments, pocket-vetoing bills, or calling the Congress into special session.
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