Posted on 07/03/2012 2:23:06 AM PDT by Libloather
General Assembly Overrides Vetoes on Budget, Fracking, Racial Justice Act
Perdue goes 0-for-3 at close of GOP's first session as majority in 140 years
By Barry Smith
Jul. 3rd, 2012
RALEIGH – An override of Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue’s budget veto highlighted a day of votes in which the Republican-controlled General Assembly shot down the governor’s vetoes three times.
The General Assembly on Monday night voted to override Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue’s veto of the state budget bill, clearing the way for adjournment and allowing lawmakers to go home to campaign for the November 2012 general election.
Lawmakers also overrode vetoes on bills that would tighten the Racial Justice Act and set up a framework for fracking to begin in North Carolina.
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They overrode Perdue’s veto of changes to the state’s Racial Justice Act, which seeks to overturn death sentences in which race was a factor. One of the changes approved by lawmakers would limit the use of statistics in seeking to have a sentence overturned.
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And for some totally unrelated reason, the media pundits still call NC a swing state. I call it lazy pontification myself. Too many hob-knob cocktail parties are getting in the way of these people actually doing their job.
Saw a report last Saturday on FNC that showed the unemployment numbers for the US and maybe five other European countries. The first thing that came to mind was not how they compared but what was the formulas to calculate each.
Indeed.
If something isn't detected and celebrated in Manhattan, Hollywood or inside the D.C. beltway, the brie and chardonnay crowd dismiss it out of hand. Election night should be interesting.
It is interesting now the writer implies that the main effect and purpose of the override is to allow the republicans to campaign for re-election.
It is interesting now the writer implies that the main effect and purpose of the override is to allow the republicans to campaign for re-election.
NC is rapidly becoming ‘enemy territory’ and the money for the “hail-to-the-king” production isn’t materializing. Going to be a hot, miserable couple of days in the Tarheel state for Obummer & his sycophants.
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