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Seven vetoes (two regular vetoes and five pocket vetoes): [9]: 28–29 June 23, 1862: Vetoed S. 193, an act to repeal that part of an act of Congress which prohibits the circulation of bank notes of a less denomination than five dollars within the District of Columbia.
The first state to adopt a line-item veto was Georgia, in 1861. [36] Pocket veto Any bill presented to a governor after a session has ended must be signed to become law. A governor can refuse to sign such a bill and it will expire. Such vetoes cannot be overridden. [35] The governors of 11 states and Puerto Rico have some form of pocket veto. [37]
State lawmakers have now overridden 25 vetoes since Republicans obtained a supermajority in the House and Senate last year. Three of the vetoes overridden Monday were already voted on by the House ...
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Gov. Phil Scott criticizes the Vermont lawmakers for nullifying six of his eight vetoes for the year during a press conference the afternoon after the legislature's June 17 veto override session.
The N.C. House of Representatives, convening for votes for the first time since lawmakers left Raleigh at the end of June, voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes of three bills.
In the first lawsuit, State ex. rel. Wisconsin Telephone Co. v. Henry, the Wisconsin Supreme Court recognized the absolute partial veto power of the Governor as long as a workable, complete law remained, stating the governor had "the right to pass independently on every separable piece of legislation in an appropriation bill." [7]
State lawmakers have enacted three bills over Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes, including a controversial law that will make changes to the state’s masking laws and crack down on protesters who block ...