House SUSTAINS Trump's veto of HR 131, despite it having passed unanimously on an initial voice vote.
The House voted to sustain President Trump’s veto of a previously-uncontroversial Colorado water bill, in a show of Republican loyalty to the president
The 248-177-1 veto override vote failed to meet the two-thirds threshold to send the matter to the Senate, resulting in the veto staying in place. Thirty-five Republicans voted with Democrats to override the veto and one Republican, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), voted present.
The bill had originally passed through the House and Senate by voice vote last year, signaling it was uncontroversial and widely bipartisan.
While Trump had cited the cost of the pipeline as his reason for vetoing the bill, his move was also seen as a way to act on political grudges.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) had suggested to a local news station that the veto could be retribution against her, since she was one of four Republicans who joined with on a petition to force a vote directing release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein. And Trump has targeted Colorado over the prosecution of former Mesa County elections clerk Tina Peters, who aligned with Trump’s claims of fraud in the 2020 election.
