House Votes Fall Short of Veto Overrides as GOP Backs Trump (2)

The House fell short of the necessary votes to override President Donald Trump’s vetoes of two Republican-led bills, as GOP lawmakers lined up behind the president rather than issue a rare rebuke of his agenda.

The president angered some Republicans and Democrats alike when he rejected two bipartisan bills that passed both chambers of Congress unanimously in the first vetoes of his second term. But that response wasn’t widespread enough to change the outcome.

Just 24 Republicans joined Democrats in a 236-188 vote Thursday in support of H.R. 504, a bill led by Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez (Fla.) ...