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Strict Anti-Abortion Bills Become Law in Oklahoma

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:40:54 CDT

The Oklahoma Senate today overrode Gov. Brad Henry's vetoes and put into law two restrictive measures on abortion. One of the laws requires women to undergo an ultrasound and listen to a detailed description of the fetus before getting an abortion. An anti-abortion group called it one of the most...

Alaska's Legislature Overrides Palin Stimulus Veto

Matt Cantor — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:49:00 CDT

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 the union to...

Vermont Legalizes Gay Marriage

Kevin Spak — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:56:19 CDT

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 by...

Deal Ends Budget Impasse

Peter Fearon — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:55:23 CDT

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...

Governator Vows Veto Volley in Budget Battle

Peter Fearon — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:15:00 CDT

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 enough...

House, Senate Override Bush Veto on Medicare

John Johnson — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:56:23 CDT

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...

Congressional Screwup May Force Farm Bill Do-Over

Kevin Spak — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:11:58 CDT

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 the...

Congress Overrides Bush Veto

Nick McMaster — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:15:57 CST

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 favor two...

House Overrides Bush's Veto of Water Bill

M. Morris — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:13:25 CST

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...