A bipartisan group of U.S. senators overwhelmingly voted in favor of overriding President Donald Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act, marking the first time Congress has successfully passed legislation that has been vetoed by Trump.
The Senate voted 81-13 in favor of passing the bill, a piece of annual military defense legislation that Congress has approved for sixty years in a row. Seven Republicans voted against overriding the veto, including Senators Mike Braun (R-IN), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rand Paul (R-KY). The others who voted against overriding the veto were Senators Corey Booker (D-NJ), Edward Markey (D-MA), Jeffrey Merkley (D-OR), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Ron Wyden (D-OR).
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