http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/veto/ en-us Sat, 4 Oct 2008 22:19:10 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097624/posts Sacramento, Oct 4, 2008 / 04:23 pm (CNA).- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last Tuesday vetoed a bill that would have instated a statewide “Harvey Milk Day” in honor of the homosexual rights hero and encouraged public schools to observe the day by conducting “exercises remembering and recognizing” his life. The vetoed bill AB 2567 was proposed by Assemblyman Mark Leno, a San Francisco Democrat. It would have set May 22, Milk’s birthday, as “a day of special significance” and required the governor to proclaim Harvey Milk Day on May 22 every year, the California Catholic Daily reports.“This bill would put... CNA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097624/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2008 22:19:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095777/posts After a tumultuous year, lawmakers and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger finally get a break from one another – and, boy, do they need it. Democrats grew angry this week after Schwarzenegger finished vetoing 35 percent of the bills on his desk, a modern record. They're particularly incensed that the Republican governor issued a standard message for 136 of his 415 vetoes in which he blamed the state's 85-day budget delay. Schwarzenegger's unusual veto approach capped a divisive two months in which he turned combative with lawmakers as budget talks broke down. The governor drew their ire in late July after signing... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095777/posts#comment Thu, 2 Oct 2008 15:03:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094667/posts California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has vetoed a proposed Harvey Milk Day. The measure would have set aside the birthday of the slain gay activist/politician in his memory and encourage public schools to commemorate and educate about the history of California's first openly gay politician. Schwarzenegger's veto came on the last day possible to kill the legislation introduced by openly gay Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and passed by lawmakers. In his veto message issued Tuesday, the governor explained his reasons for vetoing the measure. “I respect the author's intent to designate May 22nd as 'Harvey Milk Day' and a day... On Top Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094667/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2008 06:35:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094346/posts For the second time in three years, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday vetoed legislation that would have established a government-run universal health care system. Senate Bill 840 by Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, would have set up a single-payer system in which the state would assume the role that private insurance companies now play. In his veto message, the governor said he could not support "a bill that places an annual shortfall of over $40 billion to our state's economy." Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094346/posts#comment Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:35:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091837/posts New fallout from the state's historic budget standoff came Friday in the form of gubernatorial vetoes, as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger blocked 18 bills and blamed his actions on the 85-day budget delay. The Republican governor signed a uniform veto message for 18 of the 27 bills he vetoed Friday that suggested he did not have enough time to review low-priority bills. Among the vetoed proposals were requirements that pet stores use humane methods in euthanizing rodents and restrictions on uses of human remains in exhibitions. "The historic delay in passing the 2008-2009 State Budget has forced me to prioritize the... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091837/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:58:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085658/posts "Arnold has lost his mind." That's what one long-time GOP budget aide in California told me in response to news that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will veto the state budget. Everyone is confused by this latest action, because just a few weeks ago the governor was running around the state insisting on a tax increase to balance the budget. Now that conservative Republicans have won a major victory in forcing the majority Democrats to pass a no-tax-increase version, Arnold seethes that he wants a budget that puts "our fiscal house in order, and I promise the people of California that I... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085658/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:48:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084324/posts Arnold Schwarzenegger has talked a good game about ending "crazy deficit spending" for five years, but he's been curiously unwilling to confront the Legislature over the state's hopelessly tangled budget. Belatedly, however, Schwarzenegger may be discovering his inner action movie hero, declaring "enough is enough," vowing to veto the ill-conceived budget that lawmakers approved early Tuesday morning, demanding big changes, and even threatening to reject "hundreds of bills" unrelated to the budget if the Legislature overrides his veto. It sets up a historic confrontation between the governor and legislators of both parties who have, it would appear, set aside their... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084324/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:18:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083816/posts Just listened to a news conference held by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He says he's tired of the legislature treating taxpayers "like an ATM machine" and will therefore veto the budget just sent to him. He said that the budget pushes the problem into next year and that, if enacted, next year would require huge cuts in the school budget or huge tax increases. Schwarzenegger said that he expects the legislature to override his veto. If it does, he said, he will veto all the hundreds of other bills the legislature has sent him or will send him. After a... KFI Radio, AM640 Los Angeles http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083816/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:31:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083191/posts Sacramento, Calif. (AP) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he will not sign the compromise budget proposal California lawmakers are considering unless they make more changes. His letter to the four legislative leaders says he wants more money put in a rainy day fund and tighter controls on when that money could be spent. AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083191/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:30:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083168/posts Excerpt - UNITED NATIONS (AFP)--The U.N. General Assembly on Monday agreed to begin negotiations on expanding the membership of the powerful Security Council no later than next Feb. 28. After hours-long bargaining, the assembly adopted by consensus a resolution on Security Council enlargement on the last day of its 62nd session. ~ snip ~ It said the aim was to "garner the widest possible political acceptance by member states." ~ snip ~ During the transitional period, a number of configurations including a repartitioning of seats on a regional basis and the most delicate, the veto- wielding power of the five... Agence France-Presse (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083168/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:55:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061652/posts Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) – Not every Republican House member is ready to join House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R.-Mo.) in advising President Bush to veto any bill that extends the federal moratorium on new off-shore oil drilling leases past Sept. 30, when the current moratorium expires under law. Blunt told CNSNews.com last week that he would advise President Bush to veto any bill that extended the oil drilling moratorium and to have the Interior Department begin making preparations now so it would be able to issue leases in October when the moratorium will no longer exist. When asked about a... CNSNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061652/posts#comment Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:40:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057875/posts Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Wednesday he will refuse to sign any bills that reach his desk until the Legislature sends him a budget agreement. "At this point, nothing in this building is more important than a responsible budget to fix our broken budget system," he said at a hastily called afternoon press conference. "So until the Legislature passes a budget that I can sign, I will not sign any bills that reach my desk." Schwarzenegger acknowledged that his decision "means some good bills will fail." But he said with a cash crisis looming, the late budget takes on even greater... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057875/posts#comment Thu, 7 Aug 2008 06:11:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047513/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday threatened to veto legislation being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives that would force oil companies to give up undrilled federal leases and ban the export of crude drilled in Alaska... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047513/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:19:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046762/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers defied a White House veto threat on Wednesday and voted to bar CIA contractors from interrogating suspected terrorists, in the latest clash over detainee treatment in the U.S.-declared war on terrorism. The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives approved the provision in adopting a broad measure to authorize funding of U.S. intelligence agencies for the 2009 fiscal year. A related bill awaits action in the Senate. Passage of the multibillion dollar bill came on a voice vote, indicating broad assent, despite the White House veto threat issued earlier in the day. In addition to the contractor ban,... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046762/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:18:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045994/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to override President George W. Bush's veto of a Medicare bill that would cancel a scheduled 11 percent pay cut to doctors who treat patients in the health care program for the elderly. The House voted 383-41 to overturn Bush's action, just hours after he vetoed the legislation. The Senate also was expected to override the veto later on Tuesday. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045994/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:19:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045451/posts The total savings will amount to over $16 million dollars. Click "full story" to see the full list of the items vetoed. Monday, July 14, 2008 (From a press release) - Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced that he has line item vetoed 258 items in the state’s operating budget for FY 2008-2009 (HB 1), accounting for more than $16.14 million in non-governmental and governmental projects. Governor Jindal’s 258 vetoes in HB1are more than double the vetoes for all the state’s previous 12 budgets combined. Previously, Governor Kathleen Blanco had 39 line item vetoes in her house budget bills during her... wjbo.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045451/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:39:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044136/posts Breaking news. Nothing follows other than background on Mugabe...as of yet. FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044136/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:30:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033985/posts ·11250 Waples Mill Road ·   Fairfax, Virginia 22030    ·800-392-8683   Washington State: Montesano Mayor Stands-Up and Vetoes Attack on Concealed Carry!   Friday, June 20, 2008   In a victory for Montesano’s law-abiding gun owners, Montesano Mayor Ron Schillinger vetoed an ordinance banning the carrying of concealed firearms in the city’s parks, even by licensed Right-to-Carry permit holders.  Please contact Mayor Schillinger, TODAY and thank him for opposing this violation of state law and unjust and unwarranted attack on our right to self-defense and Second Amendment freedoms.  Mayor Schillinger can be reached by phone at (360) 249-3021, ext. 102 or via email at mayor@montesano.us.  ... NRA - ILA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033985/posts#comment Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:37:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030886/posts LANSING, Mich. - Gov. Jennifer Granholm as expected has rejected a proposed ban on a late-term procedure that opponents call partial-birth abortion. Granholm announced Friday she vetoed the bill recently passed by the state Legislature. The bill was designed to mirror a federal ban that was ruled constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court last year. The state-level measure does not include an exception for a mother's health, which Granholm says is why she won't support it. Granholm vetoed a 2004 ban, but hundreds of thousands of voters signed petitions that allowed the bill to become law with only the approval... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030886/posts#comment Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:19:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030162/posts When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger used his veto power to eliminate the obscure Electricity Oversight Board, he put at risk $3 billion in state funds – money due the state from settlements with power merchants who victimized California during the electricity crisis. The governor’s 2007 action removing the EOB also means oversight over the state’s electricity grid is likely to be placed under the control of the PUC, which would entail a significant expansion of the authority of the Public Utilities Commission. This maneuvering comes amid an intensifying power clash between the Legislature and the Public Utilities Commission, led by president... Capitol Weekly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030162/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:34:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020656/posts Gas prices spur new energy billsHigh gasoline prices have sparked Congress to sponsor a gusher of energy legislation, some of which would face a veto by President Bush. Posted on Sat, May. 24, 2008 BY KEVIN G. HALL khall@mcclatchydc.com WASHINGTON -- With the price of oil and gasoline at record levels and sure to be a campaign issue in the fall, Congress is moving on a host of energy-related measures. Most of them, however, sound good but won't significantly boost production or lower prices in the near or even medium term. Some tax measures would encourage the development of alternative... Miami Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020656/posts#comment Sat, 24 May 2008 12:28:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019923/posts CAPITOL HILL (AP) -- Brushing aside a veto by President Bush, Congress today enacted a massive election-year farm bill. The 82-13 vote in the Senate followed a 316-108 vote in the House last night. However, not all of the bill that Congress passed last week is becoming law right away. Because of a printing error, the version that Bush vetoed was missing 34 pages on international food aid and trade. That mistake may require Congress to send the White House yet another bill. House Republicans called the error a sign of the Democrats' incompetence, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid... ABC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019923/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 22:36:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019545/posts WASHINGTON (AP) — The House overwhelmingly rejected President Bush's veto Wednesday of a $290 billion farm bill, but what should have been a stinging defeat for the president became an embarrassment for Democrats. Only hours before the House's 316-108 vote, Bush had vetoed the five-year measure, saying it was too expensive and gave too much money to wealthy farmers when farm incomes are high. The Senate then was expected to follow suit quickly. Action stalled, however, after the discovery that Congress had omitted a 34-page section of the bill when lawmakers sent the massive measure to the White House. That... The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019545/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 04:34:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019474/posts The House overwhelmingly rejected George W. Bush's veto Wednesday of a $290 billion farm bill, but what should have been a stinging defeat for the president became an embarrassing episode for Democrats. Only hours before the House's 316-108 vote, Bush had vetoed the five-year measure, saying it was too expensive and gave too much money to wealthy farmers when farm incomes are high. The Senate then was expected to follow suit quickly. Action stalled, however, after the discovery that Congress had omitted a 34-page section of the bill when lawmakers sent the massive measure to the White House. That means... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019474/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 01:22:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019399/posts WASHINGTON — The House quickly rejected George W. Bush's veto Wednesday of a $290 billion farm bill and the Senate was poised to follow suit, a stark rebuke of a president overridden only once in his two terms. Only hours before the House's 316-108 vote, Bush had vetoed the five-year measure, saying it was too expensive and gave too much money to wealthy farmers when farm incomes are high. The legislation includes election-year subsidies for farmers and food stamps for the poor — spending that lawmakers could promote when they are back in their districts over the Memorial Day weekend.... FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019399/posts#comment Wed, 21 May 2008 22:57:02 GMT