Joe Biden threatens to veto House appropriations bill for DOD – By Mike Brest (Washington Examiner) / Sept 11, 2023
President Joe Biden has threatened to veto the House’s Department of Defense appropriations bill due to a number of provisions included in it.
The Office of Management and Budget announced on Monday that the administration “strongly opposes” the bill and that the president would veto it should it manage to reach his desk as is, though it has to pass through the Democratic-controlled Senate before that.
Congress is facing the possibility of a government shutdown in the coming weeks unless the House and Senate are able to come up with a deal to avert such a crisis. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has to appease the demands of hard-line conservatives while also creating a bill that would pass the Democratic-controlled Senate.
