XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.immigration
From: nobodys@busine.ss
On Thu, 1 Jan 2026 00:01:12 -0000 (UTC), Henry wrote:
>Trump drinks Coke and never showers, he doesn't like water. Says rural
>Americans can drink their own piss for all he cares because his popularity
>with them has cratered.
>
>
>Trump vetoes bipartisan bill to provide clean water to rural Southeastern
>Colorado
>By Caitlyn Kim, Shanna Lewis, and Chuck Murphy
>·
>Dec. 30, 2025, 7:31 pm
> .
>
>A plan to help local communities pay their share of the long-sought
>Arkansas River Valley conduit passed Congress with strong bipartisan
>support, but has still come up one vital signature short of becoming a
>reality.
>
>President Donald Trump on Tuesday vetoed the "Finish the Arkansas Valley
>Conduit Act" despite its sponsorship by fellow Republicans and the
>significant benefits it would provide to southeastern Colorado, where his
>support runs deep. The conduit, which broke ground in 2023, will provide
>clean water for farming, factories and households. The bill would have
>given local communities 100 years to pay back no-interest federal loans for
>their share of the project.
>
>"Enough is enough, " Trump said in a veto message to Congress. "My
>administration is committed to preventing American taxpayers from funding
>expensive and unreliable policies. Ending the massive cost of taxpayer
>handouts and restoring fiscal sanity is vital to economic growth and the
>fiscal health of the nation. "
>
>That's not how everyone sees it.
>
>The Congressional Budget Office estimated the bill would cost the federal
>government less than a half million dollars. The U. S. Bureau of
>Reclamation calls the conduit a "major infrastructure project that, upon
>completion, will provide reliable municipal and industrial water to 39
>communities in southeast Colorado. "
>
>The project would also provide badly needed jobs for the area.
>
>"This isn't a frivolous project, " Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy
>District Senior Policy and Issues Manager Chris Woodka said. "It's a
>project that meets federally mandated standards for water quality to ensure
>that 50,000 people are drinking clean, not carcinogenic, water. "
>
>Woodka said the water district is working with the congressional delegation
>to figure out next steps, and won't give up on the project.
>
>The bill passed via voice vote in the House and unanimous consent in the
>Senate. That huge Congressional support for the project would seem to make
>the veto ripe for an override, but that would require testing the will of
>Republican leaders in both chambers to allow a vote and take on their
>party's leader. Such a challenge to Trump is no sure thing.
>
>Legislation authorizing and funding completion of the project is perhaps
>the most impactful bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert during
>her time in Congress. And while she didn't raise the specter of a veto
>override in a statement Wednesday night, she nonetheless was not shy about
>expressing her displeasure with the president.
>
>"President Trump decided to veto a completely non-controversial, bipartisan
>bill that passed both the House and Senate unanimously, " Boebert said. "If
>this administration wants to make its legacy blocking projects that deliver
>water to rural Americans; that's on them. "
>
>Boebert also questioned the president's motives for the veto, suggesting it
>might be retribution because she helped ensure a vote on releasing the
>Epstein files.
>
>"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. "
Poor, silly Bobo. You thought Trump was better than that. Maybe it
would help if the governor of Colorado pardoned Tina Peters.
>
>GOP Rep. Jeff Hurd was a co-sponsor of the House version of the bill, while
>Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper introduced it in the Senate.
>Lauren Boebert
>(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)FILE - U. S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo.
>, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, July 14, 2023, in
>Washington.
>
>Democrats in Colorado's delegation were also quick to label the veto an act
>of reprisal, with Bennet posting on X, "This isn't governing. It's a
>revenge tour. "
>
>Hickenlooper added on X that, "Congress should swiftly overturn this veto.
>"
>
>The project has been on the drawing board since the 1960s. It was designed
>to eventually stop groundwater withdrawals in the area, which can produce
>water tainted with radioactivity.
>
>The 130-mile conduit would bring water from Pueblo Reservoir to Bent,
>Kiowa, Crowley, Otero, Prowers and Pueblo counties. The original
>legislation required the state and communities to fund 100 percent of the
>cost, but President Barack Obama and Congress opened the door to federal
>funding in 2009.
>
>"The vetoed legislation did not authorize new construction spending or
>expand the federal government's original commitment, " Hurd said in his
>statement about the veto. "More than $200 million has already been
>invested, alongside significant state and local contributions. Further
>delay risks stranding taxpayer dollars and leaving communities without a
>viable path to meeting drinking water standards. "
>
>Groundbreaking on part of the project actually took place in 2023, but it
>was always known that federal legislation would likely be needed to
>complete the entire conduit.
Since there's nothing in it for Trump, why would he give a fuck about
clean water?
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