House Republicans Break Ranks, Move to Override Trump Vetoes

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: msn/Inquisitr

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House Republicans are getting ready to break with President Donald Trump in a surprising show of defiance. They plan to hold a vote this week to override two vetoes he issued late last year.

This move follows Trump using his veto power for the first time in his second term to reject legislation that had received strong bipartisan support in Congress. The issues at the center of the dispute include a bill to promote the development of a long-planned water pipeline serving communities in southeastern Colorado and another to expand reserved land for the Miccosukee Tribe in Florida’s Everglades. Both bills passed Congress in December with backing from lawmakers in both parties, only to be blocked by the White House.

Congressional leaders state that the override votes could happen as early as Thursday, per Axios. This puts House Republicans in a rare position of openly challenging a Republican president from their own party. For the overrides to succeed, they will need two-thirds majorities in both the House and Senate. This is a tough requirement, but it is considered achievable due to the bipartisan support the bills received when they were originally passed.

The water pipeline legislation was supported by representatives from Colorado, including Rep. Lauren Boebert, who expressed frustration after Trump’s veto. Boebert said the veto targets a project she believes is crucial for local communities. She publicly responded to the president’s decision by posting on social media that “this isn’t over.”

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[TheRickles]

1. This would be an important step forward, and perhaps embolden them for other future overrides.

Best news of the day so far....

[PatSeg]

6. I was thinking the same thing

Maybe his hold of them is weakening.

[Bengus81]

2. Someone find their balls?

[cstanleytech]

3. Not likely.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. The GOP are the BIGGEST users of PORK BARREL funding

where they would object to everything Demcrats tried to do to help people, and then would go back to their constituents to hypocritically say - "See what I brought home to you!!!" (in many cases, stuff they DIDN'T vote for so they could be on record "owning the libs" ).

I.e., the sanitized term is "earmarks".

In the past when he was still in Congress, the (former-Rep./Senator) Jeff Flake was active calling them out. During every appropriations debate, I used to spot him when watching CSPAN, ranting and holding up and waving around a piece of paper that he would eventually read from, that included a selected list of "earmarks" that he objected to.

I don't think the GOP realized that their "dear leader" understood the unspoken "rule" that you don't overturn your own's piggy trough.

[Bengus81]

5. Yep and an election looming a mere 42 week and five days from now

[BumRushDaShow]

7. It keeps their constituents happy

and those people continue to vote for them like brainless zombies, over and over and over again.

[orleans]

8. we'll see... nt

[bronxiteforever]

9. GOP is staring into the mid term abyss.

[Fil1957]

10. This could be big. The water pipeline bill was passed UNANIMOUSLY by BOTH houses of congress. Therefore, it's very

possble the veto could be overridden. If it is, Trump will truly be a lame duck president, and we might see the Republican rats leave the sinking ship.

[raccoon]

11. "Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished." --Shakespeare.