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President Trump used his veto power this week for the first time since returning to the White House, rejecting a pair of bipartisan bills designed to make it easier to build a water pipeline in Colorado and give a Native American tribe more control over a portion of the Everglades.
One of the bills — the Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act — would have added a small village called the Osceola Camp to a section of the Florida Everglades that the Miccosukee Native American Tribe has control over. It would also require the Department of the Interior to take action to protect structures in the village from flooding.
Trump said the project benefits "special interests" — and accused the tribe of not cooperating with his immigration policies.
]Also,] "it is not the Federal Government's responsibility to pay to fix problems in an area that the Tribe has never been authorized to occupy."
The other piece of legislation that faced a presidential veto this week was the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act. That bill was aimed at completing a long-planned water pipeline that could serve some 50,000 people in southeastern Colorado.
The president argued the legislation "would continue the failed policies of the past by forcing Federal taxpayers to bear even more of the massive costs of a local water project."
Boebert castigated the veto in a separate statement to local reporter Kyle Clark, calling the bill "completely non-controversial" and saying she hopes Mr. Trump's veto "has nothing to do with political retaliation."
"I must have missed the rally where he stood in Colorado and promised to personally derail critical water infrastructure projects," Boebert wrote.
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Also...
Monday's veto comes after Trump promised retaliation against Colorado for keeping his ally Tina Peters in prison. Peters was convicted on state charges for a scheme to tamper with voting systems in a search for election rigging in the 2020 presidential race.
One of the bills — the Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act — would have added a small village called the Osceola Camp to a section of the Florida Everglades that the Miccosukee Native American Tribe has control over. It would also require the Department of the Interior to take action to protect structures in the village from flooding.
Trump said the project benefits "special interests" — and accused the tribe of not cooperating with his immigration policies.
]Also,] "it is not the Federal Government's responsibility to pay to fix problems in an area that the Tribe has never been authorized to occupy."
The other piece of legislation that faced a presidential veto this week was the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act. That bill was aimed at completing a long-planned water pipeline that could serve some 50,000 people in southeastern Colorado.
The president argued the legislation "would continue the failed policies of the past by forcing Federal taxpayers to bear even more of the massive costs of a local water project."
Boebert castigated the veto in a separate statement to local reporter Kyle Clark, calling the bill "completely non-controversial" and saying she hopes Mr. Trump's veto "has nothing to do with political retaliation."
"I must have missed the rally where he stood in Colorado and promised to personally derail critical water infrastructure projects," Boebert wrote.
Lauren Boebert says Trump just 'retaliated' against her for her Epstein vote
“… Trump decided to veto … a bipartisan bill that passed both the House and Senate unanimously. Why? Because nothing says ‘America First’ like denying clean drinking water to 50,000 people in Southeast Colorado, many of whom enthusiastically voted for him in all three elections,” Boebert said, according to Colorado news reporter Kyle Clark. “… I sincerely hope this veto has nothing to do with political retaliation for calling out corruption and demanding accountability. Americans deserve leadership that puts people over politics.”--
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Monday's veto comes after Trump promised retaliation against Colorado for keeping his ally Tina Peters in prison. Peters was convicted on state charges for a scheme to tamper with voting systems in a search for election rigging in the 2020 presidential race.
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