The House voted on Monday to overturn President Trump’s veto of the gargantuan annual defense authorization bill.
The vote, 322-87, was a highly unusual response to a highly unusual move by a president in rejecting the legislation, which sets policies and establishes other priorities every year for the military services.
The Senate’s next moves on the matter are still uncertain, but senators were set to return to Washington on Tuesday.
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