Washington-SANA
Today, the US Congress voted by a large majority to nullify the "veto" that outgoing President Donald Trump used against the passage of the defense budget in the United States.
The French Press Agency reported that the results of the vote in the Republican-dominated Senate were 81 votes against 13, so that the aforementioned budget of $ 740 billion was approved despite "Trump's objections."
Most of the Republican lawmakers joined their fellow Democrats in defiance of Trump shortly before the end of his term after he had long boasted that he had their support.
The House of Representatives, which has a democratic majority, took the same step last Monday, which means the text was finally approved.
And over the course of four years in the White House, Trump used his right to veto nine times against laws passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate, and this is the first time that Congress has succeeded in securing the two-thirds majority necessary to override the "veto" and this comes after an increase in the number of Republicans who approved his defeat in the third election From November presidential while insisting to refuse it.