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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) vetoed a bill Tuesday that would strip power away from incoming Democratic officials in favor of Republican officials and the GOP-controlled Legislature.
They voted 70-46 to override the veto of the masking and campaign finance bill. The Senate held its votes Thursday afternoon, completing the final step required to enact the bills over Cooper’s ...
The few Democrats who were on the House floor moments before the initial 55-9 vote erupted in protest, accusing Republican Speaker Tim Moore of tricking the chamber about the day's plans.
Ronald Reagan signing a veto in 1988. In the United States, the president can use the veto power to prevent a bill passed by the Congress from becoming law. Congress can override the veto by a two-thirds vote of both chambers. All state and territorial governors have a similar veto power, as do some mayors and county executives.
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More than a month after Cooper blocked Senate Bill 49 from going into law, the House moved quickly Wednesday evening to complete the second of two veto override votes, following the Senate’s ...
North Carolina House speaker Tim Moore stamps a veto override after a vote to overturn Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of an abortion restriction bill Tuesday, May 16, 2023, at the Legislative Building ...
The Ohio Collective Bargaining Limit Repeal appeared on the November 8, 2011 general election ballot in the state of Ohio as a veto referendum.Senate Bill 5 (SB5) was repealed by Ohio voters after a campaign by firefighters, police officers and teachers against the measure, [1] which would have limited collective bargaining for public employees in the state.