Texas Tribune by Abby Livingston 1/1/2021
Texas’ Ted Cruz, John Cornyn split in Senate vote to overturn Trump’s veto of the $740+ billion annual defense bill
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn voted to overturn the president’s veto of the annual defense spending bill, while U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz chose to sustain it. Twelve other senators—a mix of conservatives and liberals—joined Cruz in voting against overriding the veto.
In a rare New Year's Day vote, the U.S. Senate voted to overturn a President Donald Trump veto in the twilight days of his presidency. The vote represents the first Congressional veto override of the Trump administration.
At issue was the National Defense Authorization Act, an annual budget and spending bill that addresses all sectors of the Americans armed forces. It was, until this year, one of the few bastions left for bipartisan goodwill, and its markups on Capitol Hill have been a decades-long tradition.
But Trump vetoed the bill. He was unhappy with a provision that would begin the process to rename military bases named for Confederate leaders and he wanted to add language that would address his unrelated but long-held grudge against the tech industry.
The Texans in the Senate were split: U.S. Sen. John Cornyn voted to override the veto, while U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz chose to sustain it. Twelve other senators—a mix of conservatives and liberals—joined Cruz in voting against overriding the veto.
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