First vetoes of Trump's term survive override vote in Congress
Source: CNBC
Published Thu, Jan 8 2026 2:31 PM EST Updated 31 Min Ago
The House of Representatives failed Thursday to override 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.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/08/house-vote-overriding-trumps-vetoes.html
These are the 2 bills (and Roll Calls) -
H.R.131 - Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act
Roll Call - https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/20269
Yea: 248
Nay: 177
Present: 1
Not voting: 5
H.R.504 - Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act
Roll Call - https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/20268
Yea: 236
Nay: 188
Present: 0
Not voting: 7
They need 2/3rd to override which would have been 290 (assuming a full 435 were there but I know there are 3 vacancies), so 288 if all the rest voted.
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