Overview
- House lawmakers scheduled afternoon votes to try to overturn the president’s vetoes of a Colorado water‑pipeline financing bill and a Miccosukee Everglades land measure.
- The measures previously cleared both chambers by voice vote or unanimously, reflecting broad bipartisan support, including from Colorado and Florida delegations.
- Republican leaders are not whipping the vote; Speaker Mike Johnson says he will back the vetoes as Republicans such as Lauren Boebert, Don Bacon, and Mike Lawler signal support for overrides.
- Trump’s veto messages cited protecting taxpayers and criticized the Miccosukee Tribe for opposing his immigration policies following litigation over the shuttered “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site.
- A two‑thirds threshold is expected to be met in the House, but the Senate outcome remains uncertain, and overrides are rare even as these are Trump’s first vetoes of his second term.