The US House of Representatives overcame President Donald Trump’s veto and approved the draft defence budget for the next fiscal year. The meeting was broadcast on the House website
Congress is scheduled to meet to consider the draft document on December 29. The US defence budget provides for sanctions against Russia over the Nord Stream 2 and Turkish Stream gas pipeline projects.
Earlier it became known that the incumbent US President Donald Trump had blocked the bill. Trump criticised the bill for lacking a clause to repeal Section 230 of the Communications Ethics Act, which protects technology companies from lawsuits for posting, deleting or otherwise moderating user-generated content.
The bill provides $635.5 billion for the Pentagon’s basic needs, $26.6 billion for the Department of Energy’s national security programs, and $69 billion for overseas operations. For overseas operations.