A woman exercises on steps at the U.S. Capitol where Congress passed a massive COVID-19 aid and government funding package overnight, in Washington, U.S., December 22, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
WASHINGTON/PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) -The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives voted 275-134 to meet President Donald Trump's demand for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks on Monday, sending the measure on to an uncertain future in the Republican-controlled Senate.
But even as Democrats helped secure approval for what the Republican president sought on stimulus payments, they spearheaded a House vote just a short time later to override his veto of a separate $740 billion defense policy bill. The rebuke, in Trump's final weeks in office, would be the first veto override of his presidency if seconded by the Senate this week.
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