Reuters: “The U.S. Senate could pave the way for Congress to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a defense spending bill with a procedural vote on Wednesday, further raising tensions between the outgoing Republican president and party leaders. Congressional Republicans have largely stuck with Trump through four turbulent years, but the president is angry that they have not fully backed his claims of election fraud. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the leading Republican in Congress, on Tuesday blocked a quick vote on the [larger stimulus] checks and urged lawmakers to override Trump’s veto of the defense bill. If successful, the veto override would be the first such congressional rebuke of Trump. The cracks in Trump’s relationship with Republican Party leaders come three weeks before Trump hands power to Democrat Joe Biden on Jan. 20.”