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Fewest vetoes in a single complete term: John Adams: 0 Thomas Jefferson: Each term James Monroe: First term John Quincy Adams: George W. Bush: First term Fewest vetoes in two complete terms: Thomas Jefferson: 0 Most vetoes in a single Congressional session: Grover Cleveland: 212 50th United States Congress: Most vetoes overridden: Andrew ...
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 ...
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]
The Texas Legislature passed maps for the state House of Representatives in 1971, but it did not pass state Senate maps, forcing the Legislative Redistricting Board to convene for the first time to draw the chamber's maps. The map for the state Senate passed the scrutiny of the courts, but the map for the state House did not. [96]
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.
By February 1, 2021, eight bills that would reduce voting access had been introduced, [217] including House Bill 25 and Senate Bill 208, which would limit who can send absentee ballot applications to voters without an affirmative request; [225] House Bill 1924 and House Bill 335, which would expedite removal of deceased persons, the mentally ...
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 ...
According to scholars, Wisconsin has used four types of extraordinary partial vetoes. [5] The first, the "digit veto", was first used by Governor Patrick Lucey in 1973. In appropriation for $25 million, he vetoed the digit 2, resulting in an appropriation of $5 million. [5] Just two years later, Lucey introduced the "editing veto".