Washington: US President Donald Trump unleashed a threat on Tuesday to veto a budget bill of the Pentagon. The threat came at a time when the House was prepared to vote on spending blueprint which has support from both parties, reported AFP
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“I hope House Republicans will vote against the very weak National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which I will VETO,” Trump, who is scheduled to leave office on January 20, tweeted using the formal name of the legislation.
The House of Representatives was to vote the $740 billion budget for 2021 on Tuesday afternoon, which was then scheduled to go Senate in the next few days. However, it needs Trump’s signature to be a law.
Both chambers pledged more than two-third support for separate versions of the bill in July. That would be a so-called “super majority” big enough to override a Trump veto, the agency report said.