Sentences with phrase «item veto»

Last week, over protests from thousands of Ohioans statewide, Governor John Kasich signed a budget into law without exercising his line - item veto to strike a Targeted Restriction of Abortion Providers (TRAP) provision prohibiting transfer agreements with public hospitals, a mandatory ultrasound provision, as well as a measure designed to block funds for preventive health care at Planned Parenthood health centers in Ohio.
The governor can not veto individual items in the bill itself, but he does have line - item veto power with the budget.
To prevent this omnibus situation from ever happening again, I'm calling on Congress to give me a line - item veto for all govt spending bills!
He also has the option to line - item veto funding, which could leave school districts to pay for arming teachers.
Scott said a line - item veto of the provision would have eliminated funds available for the hiring additional school officers this year.
There isn't a line item veto or signing statement that goes with it — if I didn't agree with all of it, I dang sure wouldn't put my name on it.
In California, however, Gov. George Deukmejian has indicated he may use his line - item veto authority to slash spending after the legislature approves a fiscal 1989 budget.
The governor, a Republican, angered Democrats by using a line - item veto to strike out $ 203 million in school aid pending approval of a plan to replace...
Governor may exercise line - item veto power over overall state budget plan, which passed legislature but has yet to reach his desk.
Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat, issued a line item veto to a budget bill, House Bill 214, suspending the pay of all members of the state legislature.
The measure is intended to change a bipartisan budget bill signed into law Oct. 31 after Malloy used his line - item veto on changes to the hospital tax.
Today, he plans to sit in his office and line - item veto at least 1,000 more items as he rushes to strike all the extra pork.
He signed the budget already instead of using his budgetary line item veto power on the partisan redistricting plan that was in the budget.
Bill Clinton had the ability to line - item veto in Line - Item Veto Act of 1996, but that law was struck down by the supreme court in 1998.
George W.Bush Did try to push congress to implement a line - item veto.
AG Andrew Cuomo today came out in strong support of Gov. David Paterson's tough talk about the two - way legislative budget deal, endorsing the governor's threat to use his line item veto power to nix additional spending by the Senate and Assembly as well as member items.
Scott said a line - item veto of the provision would have eliminated funds available for the hiring additional school officers this year.
The Governor of Wisconsin is empowered with a sweeping line - item veto.
Senate leader John Sampson and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver have agreed on the plan, but Sampson may not have the votes; Governor Paterson may use his line - item veto to strip it of member items (earmarks), millions in restored school aid, and any spending he doesn't think we can afford; and it may be anywhere from $ 200 million to $ 1.5 billion short of closing the budget gap, depending on whether Congress comes through with $ 1 billion in Medicaid funds.
For each itemized expenditure, it can approve the dollar amount as is, reduce it, or add to it — with any additions subject to line - item veto.
He only has the power to line - item veto the additional spending, but can not veto his own budget bills.
He will line - item veto any additional spending right out of their bill.
[1] For budget bills or supplementary appropriations bills, two - thirds of the members elected to each house are required to override the governor's veto of a bill or line - item veto.
There was a short - lived law passed in 1996 that granted President Clinton the power to «line - item veto», or only reject certain parts of bill he didn't want to pass (interestingly it was introduced by members of the rival party).
filed amicus briefs arguing for the result the court reached in the line - item veto case.
His only thing to do after the Legislature passes it is for the Governor to line item veto changes he does not approve.
He used his line - item veto power to strike out the provisions he considered illegal.
The speaker said it's the governor's «perogative» to exercise his line item veto power, which he has threatened to do if the Legislature doesn't include a contingency plan to deal with the loss of the $ 1 billion worth of FMAP cash should Congress fail to come through.
You don't get a line item veto, basically.
Afterward, Trump said he wants the power to issue line - item vetoes on spending bills — a power many presidents have demanded, and that Congress has never granted — and that the Senate should eliminate the ability of a minority to filibuster legislation.
«There were a total of 6,709 line item vetoes, all signed by the Governor, including approximately 2000 today.
«Today, Governor Paterson finished personally signing all line item vetoes from the budget bills that were passed by the Legislature on Monday,» Hook said in a statement.
(Paterson said immediately afterward that he was «disappointed, stunned and frankly chagrined» at the legislature's actions, and responded as best he could, with what amounts to a dramatic gesture: thousands of line - item vetoes of the legislature's budget that, relative to the overall amounts at stake, don't add up to much at all.)
Stopping short of that, he may also use line - item vetoes of any spending that goes above what he proposed in his executive budget in January.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo late Thursday night formally announced his line item vetoes in the 2017 - 18 state budget, striking 154 individual lines of spending from the plan.
The Governor's $ 640 million dollars in line item vetoes for member items does not include any new money from this year's budget.
Additionally, four budget bills were adopted but subjected to line - item vetoes (these are excluded from the numbers below, unless otherwise mentioned).
For Paterson, a tumultuous week in Albany ended as he and several staffers wrapped up the final 2,000 or so line - item vetoes of $ 500 million in legislative spending contained in budget bills passed earlier this week, plus $ 193 million in member - item grants.
The Governor's $ 640 million in line item vetoes for member items does not include any new money from this year's budget.
Syracuse, NY - Gov. David Paterson delivered 6,700 line - item vetoes to the state legislature on Wednesday, denying pork barrel spending to hundreds of community groups, libraries, little leagues and schools across the state.
Cowles now says he hopes the governor will remove policy with line - item vetoes.
In today's ENR: Governor and Legislature are still discussing a special session on the Governor's line - item vetoes.

Not exact matches

Item No. 1 on the agenda for both legal and political reasons is the push to override Governor Hogan's veto of a measure requiring most companies to provide their employees with the chance to earn paid sick leave.
By offering such an assortment of craft burger options, fresh salads, all - beef hot dogs, hand - dipped shakes and other menu items, Burger 21's creations appeal to all audiences and ages, particularly females who often cast the «veto vote» when selecting a restaurant.
You may also want to reserve veto power on items bought with allowance or birthday money — even over gifts or hand - me - downs.
He vetoed $ 419 million worth of education aid that had been restored by the Legislature and began preparing to line item some 6,899 additional adds.
Of the vetoes Cuomo issued, 30 were for items that had been previously paid out, 31 were additional re-appropriations for undisbursed balances of less than $ 1,000.
Five minutes before the Senate is scheduled to get their session underway, Gov. David Paterson plans to publicly start vetoing the remainder of the 6,899 items he hasn't yet nixed.
David Paterson vetoed hundreds of member items in 2010, essentially stopping the funding streams.
If the county executive objects to one or more of the added or increased items he must inform the legislature so that they have an opportunity to override his veto.
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