House to vote on overriding Trump's first vetoes of second term

The House of Representatives will vote Thursday on overriding President Donald Trump’s first vetoes of his second term.

Trump last month vetoed a pair of bills that would support local infrastructure in Colorado and Florida. Both bills passed unanimously by voice vote in the House and the Senate.

Trump’s veto of the Colorado bill infuriated some Republicans from the state, including the bill’s sponsor Rep. Lauren Boebert, a close Trump ally. The bill, the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act, would reduce the payments local communities must make for the construction of a pipeline set to provide clean drinking water to rural communities in Colorado.

“This bill makes good ... on President Trump’s commitment to rural communities,” Boebert said Thursday in remarks on the House floor ahead of the vote.

Rep. Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., went further in his criticism in a speech on the House floor.