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Congress Completes Final Version Of NDAA, Defies Trump’s Latest Veto Threat

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020

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Congress Completes Final Version Of NDAA, Defies Trump’s Latest Veto Threat

Low angled view of the U.S. Capitol East Facade Front in Washington, DC.

Congress has finalized the conferenced version of the next defense policy bill, lawmakers said Wednesday, looking to move the process forward as the president doubles down on his threat to veto the legislation. The final version of the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will not include a provision for stripping a social media-related regulation that the president said would be required for him to sign the bill, with legislators from both parties shooting down the idea of…

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