Trump vetoes annual defense bill despite passage in Congress by veto-proof majority - China.org.cn

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021, despite the bill's passage in Congress by a veto-proof majority.

The presidential action followed through on Trump's threat to block the 741-billion-U.S.-dollar annual national security legislation, which now depends on both the House and the Senate overriding the veto for the bill to be enacted.

The bill had passed the Senate in an 84-13 vote and the House in a 355-78 vote, both reaching the two-thirds majority to override a presidential veto.

The veto is so rare in history that it hasn't happened to the NDAA for nearly six consecutive decades.