"Driving the news: Trump rejected a measure to ease payments for a long-planned water pipeline supporting southeastern Colorado and another that would have expanded the Miccosukee Tribe's reserved area in the Florida Everglades, the White House announced last week. Both bills cleared Capitol Hill in December with bipartisan support. Politico first reported that the House would vote to override the vetoes."
"In his veto notice, Trump accused the tribe of obstructing his immigration policies and said the bill benefitted "special interests." The water pipeline legislation, championed by Colorado lawmakers, would provide drinking water to communities in southeastern Colorado, according to the Bureau of Reclamation. But Trump said the bill would "continue the failed policies of the past by forcing Federal taxpayers to bear even more of the massive costs of a local water project." He added, "Enough is enough.""
Two bipartisan bills cleared Congress in December but were vetoed by the president: one to ease payments for a southeastern Colorado water pipeline and one to expand the Miccosukee Tribe's reserved area in the Florida Everglades. Overriding the vetoes requires two-thirds votes in both the House and Senate, a rarely met threshold. Some Republicans who initially backed the bills could peel off after the president's opposition. The president accused the tribe of obstructing immigration policies and called the water bill a federal cost burden, saying "Enough is enough." Lawmakers in both states backed the measures and the House is preparing override votes.
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