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House tees up Trump veto override fight on defense spending bill

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The House of Representatives will debate and vote on the final version of the defense policy bill Tuesday. This could tee up a nasty veto override fight between President Trump and Congress.

President Trump has threatened to veto the bill, despite overwhelming bipartisan support.Trump initially threatened to veto the bill over a provision in the legislation to rename bases currently titled after Confederate leaders.

More recently, the president said he would veto the bill if it didn’t include an extraneous provision to terminate “Section 230” of the 1996 Communication Decency Act.

Section 230 grants tech firms a liability shield from lawsuits. "I hope House Republicans will vote against the very weak National Defense Authorization Act.

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