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NYT: A Trump Veto Leaves Republicans in Colorado Parched and Bewildered
Trump vetoed funding for a pipeline serving 39 towns with contaminated groundwater, halting affordable loans and loan forgiveness for the $1.3 billion Arkansas Valley Conduit project.
- On New Year's Eve, President Donald Trump vetoed the bipartisan Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act, and Congress on Jan. 8 declined to override the veto.
- The bipartisan bill would have extended repayment terms to 75 years, lowered interest to 1.523%, and allowed hardship classification, sponsored by Rep. Lauren Boebert, Rep. Jeff Hurd, Sen. John Hickenlooper, and Sen. Michael Bennet.
- Across southeastern Colorado, about 50,000 people in 39 towns rely on contaminated groundwater, and Shirley Adams, Republican mayor of Manzanola, said `I can't believe he would do that to us`.
- There is enough money from the $500 million appropriated to continue building for another three to five years, 12 miles of pipeline built, and construction began in 2023 on the $1.39 billion project.
- Colorado Democrats say the veto amounts to political retaliation tied to Tina Peters, while observers note it follows other Trump administration actions affecting Colorado and complicates new legislation.
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Arkansas Valley pipeline has about 3 years of cash left to keep building, despite presidential veto
Water officials and Colorado’s congressional representatives are scrambling to find an affordable path forward for communities in the Lower Arkansas Valley who had hoped the federal government would help them lower their costs for a critical clean water pipeline. President Donald Trump vetoed the bipartisan Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act on New Year’s Eve, and despite Colorado’s efforts, Congress on Jan. 8 declined to override the veto. …
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DNyuzA Trump Veto Leaves Republicans in Colorado Parched and Bewildered
MANZANOLA, Colo. -- John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, flew to eastern Colorado in 1962 to celebrate a pipeline project, already 30 years in the planning, that he promised would bring clean water to farm towns…
·Charleston, United States
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