The U.S. House of Representatives attempted for the first time to override President Donald Trump's vetoes during his second term, although none of them were successful. The mere fact that the override votes took place shows a slight fracture in Republican ranks towards the president, who issued the vetoes, the first of his second term on December 30. The two bipartisan bills rejected by the Republican were related to infrastructure. One of them sought to reduce payments that certain communities in Colorado make for the construction of an aqueduct, and the other aimed to expand the lands reserved for the Miccosukke tribe in Florida. Additionally, this Thursday, five Republican senators joined Democrats to push a joint resolution on war powers, which would limit any further military action in Venezuela following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro last weekend. Trump harshly criticized these Republican senators Josh Hawley (Missouri), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Susan Collins (Maine), Rand Paul (Kentucky), and Todd Young (Indiana), stating that «they should never be elected to public office again».
