President Donald Trump has issued the first presidential vetoes of his second term in office, overriding two bills that had won unanimous approval in Congress.
The first of these—the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit (AVC) Act—was a bill to help fund a major water drinking project for Colorado. It drew immediate reactions.
Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) posted to X: “This was a bipartisan bill that passed the Senate and House UNANIMOUSLY. Donald Trump is playing partisan games and punishing Colorado by making rural communities suffer without clean drinking water.”
Trump has had several disputes with Colorado, including naming it a “sanctuary jurisdiction” despite the governor saying otherwise. Trump has also demanded Colorado release from prison former Mesa County Clerk, Tina Peters. Peters was sentenced to nine years for allowing unauthorized access to voting machines, which she says she did to collect evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 election. Trump pardoned Peters on Dec. 11, but that only applies to federal charges and she was convicted on state charges….
Trump Issues First Vetoes of Second Presidential Term
