Democrats let $612B defense bill advance despite Obama veto threat
Source: The Hill
Legislation that would set the nations defense policy overcame a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Tuesday despite a looming veto threat from the White House.
Senators voted 73-26 to end debate on the $612 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with 60 votes needed to move forward.
Twenty-one Democrats broke ranks on the procedural vote, siding with Republicans to let the bill advance. Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.), who is running for president, was the only Republican to vote no. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), another White House hopeful, missed the vote.
The legislation is expected to pass by Thursday, which would send it to President Obamas desk.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/256061-dems-let-defense-bill-advance-despite-obama-veto-threat
Always plenty of money for the MIC
dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)Boy weve got our priorities straight in this country, boy howdy!
Bombs not food. Our 'leaders' are asses.
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n2doc
(47,953 posts)Unless they change their minds, of course.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)saturnsring
(1,832 posts)totodeinhere
(13,056 posts)n/t
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)no wait,
good thing all the veterans are getting excellent care ...
no, wait,
good thing no one will freeze to death this winter from lack of heat,
no, wait..
the 1% will be able to keep their offshore accounts AND get rich off the defense bill!
thank goodness!
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)The whole point of the sequester was to cause mutual pain (social and defense) so that they would pass a compromise budget. If the military end of the sequester is nullified, then we only have social cuts, which is what the Republicans wanted in the first place. Obama should veto it and make them override.
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)and screw us
Damn dems who voted for this ...
veto