The support and loyalty President Donald Trump once seemed to enjoy among congressional Republicans may be beginning to fade. Five GOP senators joined Democrats on Thursday, January 8, to pass a resolution preventing the Trump administration from taking any further police or military action in Venezuela. Meanwhile, the House came dangerously close to overturning the only two vetoes he has issued so far this term as dozens of Republicans challenged the presidential action.
The Vetoes Stand – Barely
President Trump vetoed the first two bills of this term earlier in the month – and, oddly enough, both were GOP-led efforts that saw unanimous support in both chambers of Congress.
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The Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act, introduced in January of last year by Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), passed both the House and Senate by voice vote without objection. This legislation would have granted the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida the right to implement flood control measures in the area of the Everglades known as the Osceola Camp, where some tribal members live.
But the tribe famously opposed the Trump-supported, state-run immigration detention center commonly known as Alligator Alcatraz. In his statement after vetoing the bill on December 30, 2025, the president explained: “The Miccosukee Tribe has actively sought to obstruct reasonable immigration policies that the American people decisively voted for when I was elected.”
Another bill introduced in January of 2025, this time by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), was also vetoed after passing both chambers unanimously. The Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act would have removed interest payments on the money that communities in the Arkansas River Valley must pay the Bureau of Reclamation for the construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit, a pipeline in Colorado to deliver water. It would have also extended the repayment period to 100 years.
President Trump vetoed the bill on December 29. He called it a waste of taxpayer money and argued it shifted the financial burden for a local water project onto federal taxpayers. As well, he criticized Colorado’s governor, Democrat Jared Polis, and said the state’s residents were leaving in droves anyway.










