House of Representatives moves to override Trump veto of defense bill

The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday voted to override President Trump's veto of the National Defense Authorization Act.

If a sufficient number of lawmakers in the U.S. Senate follow suit so that both chambers of the nation's legislature vote to override a presidential veto, that would mark the first such veto override by Congress during Trump's tenure in office.

President Trump listed a number of issues in his veto message that played into his decision not to approve the legislation.