House Republicans join with Democrats to override Trump's veto of defence bill
by David Smith in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#5C5W3)
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Donald Trump suffered fresh humiliation on Monday when more than a hundred Republicans joined Democrats in the House of Representatives to override his veto of a $741bn defence bill.
If, as expected, the Senate follows suit later this week, it will be Congress's first such rebuke of his presidency, which has only three weeks left to run.
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