Senate Overrides Trump’s Veto of NDAA, 13 Members Uphold Veto

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky), speaks at a press conference in Washington on Dec. 1, 2020. Tom Williams/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

The Senate voted to override President Donald Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2021.

The upper house on Jan. 1 passed the bill without the president’s signature with an 80–13 vote—the first time a Trump veto had been overridden. The debate over the bill was ended earlier in the day with the same result.