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May 9, 1816: Pocket-vetoed H.R. 106, an act to provide for free importation of stereotype plates and to encourage the printing and gratuitous distribution of the Scriptures by the Bible societies within the United States. March 3, 1817: Vetoed H.R. 29, an act to set apart and pledge certain funds for internal improvements.
In the years immediately following independence, in the Confederation period, most state constitutions did not provide for a gubernatorial veto at all. [13] Nationally, the President of the Continental Congress likewise lacked a veto power [14] (although as a legislative presiding officer, the position was not completely analogous to a chief ...
In United States government, the line-item veto, or partial veto, is the power of an executive authority to nullify or cancel specific provisions of a bill, usually a budget appropriations bill, without vetoing the entire legislative package. The line-item vetoes are usually subject to the possibility of legislative override as are traditional ...
Though they didn't do as many as they did in 2023, state lawmakers attempted seven overrides of measures vetoed by Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt this year. They were successful on five.
The actions by Evers and legislators come as the Supreme Court and its consultants are reviewing alternatives to the state's gerrymandered districts. Gov. Tony Evers vetoes redrawn legislative ...
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By Monday evening, Reeves partially vetoed House Bill 1707 and 1830. House Bill 1707 was a copy of the original 2023 appropriations bill in which Reeves line item vetoed several appropriations for ...
In their book, Texas Politics Today 2009-2010, authors Maxwell, Crain, and Santos attribute Texas' traditionally low voter turnout among whites to these influences. [4] But beginning in the early 20th century, voter turnout was dramatically reduced by the state legislature's disenfranchisement of most blacks, and many poor whites and Latinos.