House considers overriding Trump vetoes on two low‑profile bills

The House will hold votes to try to override President Trump’s vetoes of two recently passed bills: one to aid financing of a Colorado water pipeline and one to add a site in Everglades National Park to the Miccosukee Indian Reservation. Overriding a presidential veto requires two‑thirds support in both chambers, and it is unclear whether House Republicans will reach that threshold.

Republicans in the House are scheduled to vote on Thursday on whether to override President Trump’s vetoes of two bills that previously passed Congress without major opposition. One bill would help local communities finance construction of a water pipeline in Colorado. The other would designate a site in Everglades National Park as part of the Miccosukee Indian Reservation. Lawmakers and sponsors said the vetoes were unexpected because no White House veto threats were issued before the bills passed. Members are weighing party unity, presidential concerns and local impacts as they prepare to vote. Details: - The Colorado measure is aimed at helping finance a pipeline that backers say would provide water to tens of thousands and would allow water users extra time to repay their share of the project; it was sponsored by Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado. - The Florida measure would include an inhabited village in the Miccosukee Reservation and give the tribe greater control over water flow and flood‑risk measures; it was sponsored by Rep. Carlos Gimenez. - The White House did not signal veto threats before the bills passed, and the president’s veto messages criticized the cost of the pipeline and the Miccosukee Tribe’s stance on immigration policy. - Speaker Mike Johnson said House leadership was not directing members’ votes and that he would personally vote to sustain the vetoes, calling the president’s objections reasonable. - Some Republicans expressed differing views: Rep. Don Bacon said he would vote to override, while Rep. Nicole Malliotakis said she would sustain the vetoes. - Overriding a veto requires two‑thirds support in both the House and the Senate, and GOP senators were noncommittal about how they would act if the House overrides. Summary: The upcoming votes will test whether enough House Republicans are willing to act against the president’s vetoes on two bills that had broad earlier support. Any successful override in the House would still require a two‑thirds majority in the Senate, and the final outcome is undetermined at this time.