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veto override stories: 8 news summaries

Alaska's Legislature Overrides Palin Stimulus Veto

Legislature barely hits rare 75% consensus

Aug 11, 09 7:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alaska’s legislature voted yesterday to override Sarah Palin’s veto of $28 million in stimulus cash to defray energy costs, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Such an override requires the support of 75% of votes; the measure passed by a hair. “Instead of being the last state in... More »

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Alaska • veto • mutiny • state legislature • veto override • economic stimulus package • Sarah Palin • energy costs • financial crisis

(Newser) - Vermont’s legislature became the first in the country to legalize same-sex marriage when it voted today to override Gov. Jim Douglas’ veto of a bill allowing gays and lesbians to wed, the AP reports. Three other states have legalized gay marriage, but Vermont is the first to do so... More »

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gay marriage • Vermont • veto override • gays

 Deal Ends Budget Impasse 

Schwarzenegger, lawmakers dodge veto showdown

Sep 19, 08 1:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the California state legislature have ended a nasty budget showdown with a compromise expected to be approved today, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The agreement eliminates extra withholding from workers' paychecks, and bridges a $17 billion budget gap largely  by adding penalties on corporations that underpay... More »

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California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • budget • veto • veto override • budget deficit • budget reform

 Governator Vows Veto Volley
 in Budget Battle

Showdown ahead with state lawmakers over funding sleight-of-hand

Sep 17, 08 4:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is heading for a dramatic and potentially humiliating showdown with the state legislature over the budget, reports the San Jose Mercury News. Schwarzenegger plans to veto the budget which largely relies on accounting sleight-of-hand to close a $15.2 billion shortfall. Legislators say they have... More »

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California • California legislature • Arnold Schwarzenegger • budget • veto • veto override • budget deficit • rainy day fund • California Research Bureau • Don Perata

 House, Senate Override 
 Bush Veto on Medicare 

Move means payments to doctors won't be cut by nearly 11%

Jul 15, 08 5:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Congress today overrode President Bush's veto of legislation on Medicare, ensuring that payments to doctors won't be cut by nearly 11%, CNN reports. The House voted 383-41, and the Senate followed 70-26 to override the president for only the fourth time during his presidency. Bush says the legislation doesn't address... More »

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Senate • Medicare • House of Representatives • veto override • presidential veto

Congressional Screwup May Force Farm Bill Do-Over

Pages missing from bill sent to Bush

May 22, 08 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - A paper-shuffling error may force Congress to repeat its work on the $289-billion farm bill already passed—and vetoed by President Bush. The version of the bill sent to the president was missing a section, Reuters reports. That makes the president’s veto theoretically invalid. House Democrats tried to re-insert... More »

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Congress • Senate • House of Representatives • farm bill • veto override • presidential veto • food stamps

Congress Overrides Bush Veto

Senate votes 79-14 to pass water resources bill, following House

Nov 8, 07 12:15 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush was handed the first veto override of his two terms today as the Senate voted 79-14 to pass a $23-billion water-resources bill over his objections that it constituted "irresponsible spending." Thirty-four Republicans defied the president to vote for the bill; the House had voted 361-54 in... More »

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Trent Lott • water resources bill • pork barrel spending • veto override • George W. Bush

House Overrides Bush's Veto
of Water Bill

Rejection is first of presidency; Senate likely to follow suit

Nov 6, 07 9:13 PM CST
(Newser) - The House overrode a presidential veto tonight for the first time in the Bush administration, with 138 Republicans crossing party lines to support a $23 billion water-resources bill. The 361-54 vote was far more than the two-thirds needed to override, reflecting the popularity on both sides of the aisle of... More »

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Bush administration • Republican • House of Representatives • Steny Hoyer • veto • congressional Democrats • veto override • presidential veto • George W. Bush

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