President Donald Trump this week issued the first vetoes of his second term, rejecting two bills that adopted by Congress with bipartisan support.
Trump on Monday vetoed a pipeline project and legislation that would include more land for the Miccosukee Tribe in Florida. The White House said on X.
The pipeline bill, known as Complete the Arkansas Valley Pipeline Act.passed by voice vote in both the House and Senate, indicating overwhelming bipartisan support. The legislation aims to facilitate the completion of a pipeline project to bring clean water to southeastern Colorado.
In a letter to the House announcing the veto, Trump pointed to the pipeline's history, saying it took too long and cost too much money.
“Enough is enough,” Trump wrote. “My administration is committed to stopping American taxpayers from funding costly and unsustainable policies. Ending the massive spending on taxpayer handouts and restoring fiscal sanity is vital to economic growth and the nation's financial health.”
The bill's sponsor, Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colorado, responded: on social networkswriting: “It's not over yet.”
Colorado's two senators, both Democrats, criticized Trump on social media. Senator Michael Bennet called Trump's veto “Revenge Tour” and Senator John Hickenlooper accused him “play partisan games and punish Colorado by forcing rural communities to suffer without clean drinking water.”
Hickenlooper called on Congress to override the veto, which would require a two-thirds majority in both chambers.
Another bill Trump vetoed, known as Amendments to the Mikosukee Reserved Area Actwould expand the Miccosukee Wilderness Area in Florida to include part of Everglades National Park known as Camp Osceola. It was also passed by Congress by voice vote.
The bill was sponsored by Rep. Carlos Gimenez, a Florida Republican whose office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump's veto.
In his letter explaining the veto, Trump accused the Miccosukee tribe of seeking to “obstruct the sound immigration policies that the American people decisively voted for when I was elected.”
Trump vetoed 10 bills during his first term; only one of the vetoes was overridden by Congress. first veto His term comes two years after passing a joint Senate resolution aimed at ending the national emergency he declared on the southern border.
