Sign and send a petition to your member of the House of Representatives: Vote to override Donald Trump's vindictive vetoes of two uncontroversial, bipartisan bills.
Back on New Year's Eve, Donald Trump issued the first two vetoes of his second term. Both of the bills he vetoed, the Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act and the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act, were uncontroversial, bipartisan, and passed both chambers of Congress without any objection.
Trump's reasons for voting these bills were predictably vindictive. He vetoed the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act to punish Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis over his refusal to release Tina Peters from jail, and he vetoed the Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act over the tribe's participation in a lawsuit against the Trump administration. Neither reason had anything to do with the substance of the bills whatsoever.
Now, the House of Representatives is looking to override both of Trump's vetoes, and there is a good chance they will succeed. Both of these were bills sponsored by Republicans, and passed through Congress without a single objection.
Veto overrides are quite rare, with only 112 taking place in the entire history of the United States, or roughly one every two years. Since 1989, there have only been nine veto overrides, or one every four years. If Trump suffers two veto overrides so early in his second term, it would be a major blow to his prestige and political power.
The votes will take place on Thursday. Imagine how lovely it would be to see Trump taken down a peg or two by the overwhelming majority of Congress.
Sign and send a petition to your member of the House of Representatives: Vote to override Donald Trump's vindictive vetoes of two uncontroversial, bipartisan bills: the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act, and the Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act.
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Trump's reasons for voting these bills were predictably vindictive. He vetoed the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act to punish Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis over his refusal to release Tina Peters from jail, and he vetoed the Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act over the tribe's participation in a lawsuit against the Trump administration. Neither reason had anything to do with the substance of the bills whatsoever.
Now, the House of Representatives is looking to override both of Trump's vetoes, and there is a good chance they will succeed. Both of these were bills sponsored by Republicans, and passed through Congress without a single objection.
Veto overrides are quite rare, with only 112 taking place in the entire history of the United States, or roughly one every two years. Since 1989, there have only been nine veto overrides, or one every four years. If Trump suffers two veto overrides so early in his second term, it would be a major blow to his prestige and political power.
The votes will take place on Thursday. Imagine how lovely it would be to see Trump taken down a peg or two by the overwhelming majority of Congress.
Sign and send a petition to your member of the House of Representatives: Vote to override Donald Trump's vindictive vetoes of two uncontroversial, bipartisan bills: the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act, and the Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act.
Notes on letter campaigns:
–Sending these letters will not result in receiving emails from anyone other than Bowers News Media.
–You may want to slightly alter the subject line and letter text, so as to better help your message in being received by your members of Congress.
–You do not have to use the pre-written letter. You can also write your own letter, if you wish.
–In order to send your letter, you will have to choose a topic. However, topic lists are maintained by each congressional office, and thus I do not know which topics you will have to choose from. You will have to use your best judgement.
–After you send your letters, you will be redirected to an ActBlue page for Bowers Kerbel Media, the organization that operates both the Bowers News Media news and activism email list, and the Wolves and Sheep political analysis and practical life advice Substack. However, no donation is required, and if you see this page your letters have already been sent.
