http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/veto/ en-us Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:09:47 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393196/posts PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd is set for a stoush with the ACT Government over territory laws allowing same-sex civil union ceremonies. Mr Rudd has told caucus that although informal discussions had been held with ACT Government, no decision had been made yet about whether to veto the laws. But ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope said the Federal Government had already demanded the laws be reworked, and had indicated a willingness to intervene. Mr Stanhope met with federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland yesterday to discuss the new legislation. "They are prepared to intervene to overturn the recent amendments to the civil union... news.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393196/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:09:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390273/posts WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2009 – American forces are waiting to see what effect the veto of Iraqi election legislation may have on the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, the commander of Multinational Force Iraq said in Baghdad yesterday. “I think we’re set up and we’re flexible enough between now and the first of May,” Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno said. “So … we won’t have to make any decisions until the late spring.” Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi’s veto of an election law recently passed by Iraq’s legislature that would allow the election to take place has thrown the... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390273/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:39:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374823/posts WASHINGTON ---- It may be highly improbable mathematically, but Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that the encoded profanity contained in one of his veto messages was "a wild coincidence." Speaking to reporters at the White House, the Republican governor said: "That was a total coincidence. It was one of those wild coincidences." The first letter in seven lines of the message, when read from top to bottom, combine to spell out "F• you." Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374823/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:48:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373459/posts Schwarzenegger drops F-bomb in veto message to lawmaker By DAVID K. LI Last Updated: 10:50 PM, October 28, 2009 Posted: 12:24 PM, October 28, 2009 Arnold Schwarzenegger dropped a subtle f-bomb on a bitter political rival in a possible payback for the lawmaker’s recent heckling the California governator. The Golden State’s leading man has Sacramento buzzing with his written explanation of vetoing a finance bill sponsored by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco). Down the left-hand margin of Schwarzenegger’s open correspondence, the first words of successive lines were: "For," "unnecessary," "care," "kicks," "Yet," "overwhelmingly" and "unnecessary." The first letters, of course,... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373459/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:28:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372998/posts There is absolutely no way I’ll be able to make this relevant to tech. But I’m posting it anyway. Our Governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, vetoed a California legislative finance bill – AB 1176. The letter is terse and to the point. And the first letter of each line in paragraphs 2-3 are even terser and more to the point. Schwarzeneggers battles with the state legislature are epic. But this just goes way beyond epic. It’s something for the history books. (click the link to view the message...) TechCrunch.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372998/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:42:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372700/posts SACRAMENTO -- Did Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office use a coded veto message to send the f-bomb to Tom Ammiano, soon after the San Francisco assemblyman made news by telling the governor to "kiss my gay ass"? Schwarzenegger's people say no. But the X-rated evidence is hard to miss in a message that Schwarzenegger sent to explain why he was vetoing an Ammiano bill dealing with financing for the Port of San Francisco. A straight reading of the guv's letter laments "the fact that major issues are overlooked while many unnecessary bills come to me for consideration," and concludes, "I believe... San Francisco Gate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372700/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:25:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360566/posts Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and lawmakers failed to reach final agreement on ways to solve the state's water problems Sunday, but the governor nevertheless released scores of bills after concluding some progress had been made. Schwarzenegger's action reversed a threat last week in which he vowed to kill "a lot" of the 704 bills on his desk unless he and legislators reached an agreement. The governor said progress in closed-door talks was enough so that he is calling a special session on water, and discussions could continue. It was not announced when the session will start. "While we still have a... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2360566/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:45:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358360/posts Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger threatened publicly Thursday what he has hinted privately for days: He will veto many of the 700-plus bills on his desk unless a water deal is struck this week. "I made it very clear to the legislators and to the leaders that if this does not get done, then I will veto a lot of their legislation, a lot of their bills, so that should inspire them to go and get the job done," he said. Schwarzenegger's threat came at the end of remarks to the Association of Community College Trustees' Leadership Congress in San Francisco. Hours... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358360/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 14:44:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335580/posts In the latest round of Capitol brinksmanship, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill honoring Vietnam veterans and threatened to kill 72 other proposals on his desk because he said lawmakers have ignored his priority issues. The Senate withdrew all of its 43 bills from the Republican governor's desk for temporary safekeeping. But in an act of defiance, the Assembly left on his desk a bill that would designate March 30 as "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day." "I dare the governor to veto this bill," said Assembly Majority Leader Alberto Torrico, D-Newark, before the close of Tuesday's session. Shortly afterward, Schwarzenegger... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335580/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 17:40:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335158/posts Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has demanded that both houses withdraw 73 bills awaiting action on his desk as an apparent bargaining chip in the final days of the session. He has threatened to veto any bills that he must act on by the end of business Wednesday. Though an e-mail circulated to Senate chiefs of staff says the request is to provide the governor's office with more time to act on the bills, an e-mail sent to Assembly chiefs of staff and a statement by Schwarzenegger's communications director point to the host of large issues still looming over legislators' heads with... SacBee: Capitol Alert http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335158/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 03:54:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330108/posts HARTFORD, Conn. -- Gov. Jodi Rell said she will use her line-item veto power to comb through a budget approved by the General Assembly early Tuesday morning. The bill passed the Democrat-controlled House on a 103-45 vote at about midnight. All House Republicans voted in opposition of the bill, joined by nine Democrats. The Democrat-controlled Senate passed it 22-13 early after 2 a.m. Tuesday, with one Democrat voting with the opposing GOP. Rell said she will not sign the budget because she doesn't agree with it, but that she will not veto it. She said the budget would take effect... WFSB http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330108/posts#comment Wed, 2 Sep 2009 05:40:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2312971/posts Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, filed suit Monday in San Francisco Superior Court to block nearly $500 million in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's July line-item budget vetoes. Steinberg asked the court to prevent Schwarzenegger and state Controller John Chiang from imposing cuts to programs ranging from Healthy Families to the Department of Parks and Recreation. Chiang, a Democrat, is named in the suit as a formality because he is responsible as controller for carrying out Schwarzenegger's vetoes. The Republican governor, in signing the vetoes, said he was forced to cut a wide range of programs because the Assembly sent... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2312971/posts#comment Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:34:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2312509/posts UNSATISFIED WITH the amount of spending reductions agreed to by the Legislature, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger used his line-item veto to cut another $489 billion out of the state budget. It may well be that even more drastic spending cuts need to be made, but the governor may have overstepped the law with his vetoes, not to mention the additional hardships that could be placed on needy Californians. The extra budget spending reductions he made at the end of July took nearly $80 million that pays for workers who help abused and neglected children and $50 million from Healthy Families, which... Contra Costa Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2312509/posts#comment Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:46:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2298024/posts Obama has said lots of things, but rarely has he said anything that would make the GOP happy. In a recent conference call with liberal bloggers, Obama took a question from a blogger in Maine who may or may not still be free to express his views, especially since his question has come to make Obama look a bit uninformed and got him to say he would not sign the current health care bill. Yes folks, the lost seconds of the following audio actually have Obama saying as much. Listen to him say he won't sign it if.... (Now that's... The Up Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2298024/posts#comment Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:34:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294607/posts The Democrat-controlled Congress is challenging President Obamas resolve to cut an Air Force fighter plane program - a move the White House calls the first major test of its efforts to curb runaway spending and slash unneeded projects. Mr. Obama and his spending-cut allies on Capitol Hill are going head-to-head with powerful Democratic committee chairmen and lawmakers from both parties with home-state interests in building the F-22 Raptor who are trying to add money for the fighter plane over the objections of the president and the Pentagon. "The Pentagon doesn't want this plane; the Pentagon doesn't think we need this... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294607/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:36:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279485/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives was poised to approve on Thursday a $550.4 billion defense authorization bill for fiscal 2010 that has drawn a veto threat from President Barack Obama because it contains money for fighter jets he does not want. State-Run Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279485/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:26:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278765/posts WASHINGTON — Preparing for a possible showdown with Congress, the White House has threatened to veto a $680 billion military spending bill if it contains money for jet fighters the Pentagon doesn't want. In a statement of administration policy, President Barack Obama's Office of Management and Budget said the $369 million a House committee added to the bill for 12 additional F-22 fighters runs counter to the "collective judgment" of the military's top leaders. AP on San Diego Union - Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278765/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:42:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263631/posts NRA is feeling betrayed. Another one of their endorsed politicians has broken his vows. (Guys, guys, guys...) Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen vetoed a bill that would allow concealed carry permit holders to retain their firearms in establishments that serve alcohol. “The notion that this bill would permit one to carry a concealed weapon into a crowded bar at midnight on a Saturday night defies common sense, and I cannot sign such a measure into law,” Gov. Bredesen said. This despite a weasel-worded campaign pledge to support "such a measure". Yes, I would support such legislation. (I would support any such... Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263631/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 11:58:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263556/posts Alaska legislators are discussing an attempt to override Gov. Sarah Palin's budget vetoes, which included a controversial rejection of $28.6 million in energy money. That's a difficult challenge requiring a 75 percent majority vote in both houses of the Legislature; such votes are rarely held. Palin maintained that accepting the federal energy stimulus money for Alaska would require pushing to adopt a statewide building code; legislative leaders said it did no such thing. In reality, many municipal governments already meet the building code requirements, and it's likely the state already fulfills or is on its way to fulfilling the requirements,... Juneau Empire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263556/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 07:30:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254389/posts TALLAHASSEE — As more people in Florida seek concealed weapons permits, Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson wants Gov. Charlie Crist to veto a $6-million raid on a fund that pays for the program. Bronson's request presents a timely opportunity for Crist to score political points with gun owners just as he's embarking on a race for the U.S. Senate. In a letter to Crist, Bronson cited "unprecedented growth" in applications for gun permits that has created a "tremendous backlog" of cases to be processed. All applicants are subject to criminal background checks. To balance the $66.5 billion state budget that takes... St. Peterburg Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254389/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 02:21:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2227591/posts examiner.com — Almost nobody expected Governor Tim Kaine's veto of HB 1851 to be sustained by the Virginia General Assembly after Kaine insulted military members with his dishonest veto message. But "the biggest surprise of the day" was the flip flop votes of 6 Virginia Senate Democrats . . . The Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2227591/posts#comment Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:18:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224229/posts When the Iowa Supreme Court kicked off last weekend by approving same-sex marriage, conservatives across the board were saddened. Needless to say, Vermont’s decision as the fourth state to join the team, so to speak, is nothing less than a slap in our faces. Tuesday morning the Legislature voted to override Republican Gov. Jim Douglas’ veto of a bill permitting homosexuals to marry. With an override vote of 23-5 in the Senate and 100-49 in the House, Vermont is the first state to legalize gay and lesbian marriage with a legislature’s vote. It’s time to wake, Conservatives. The madness doesn’t... The Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224229/posts#comment Tue, 7 Apr 2009 18:21:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224123/posts MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont has become the fourth state to legalize gay marriage — and the first to do so with a legislature's vote. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224123/posts#comment Tue, 7 Apr 2009 15:36:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222905/posts Virginia Governor Kaine insults military with gun bill veto -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last week National Democratic Party Chairman and part-time Virginia Governor Tim Kaine was labeled by the Washington Times as "out of touch" for vetoing almost every pro-gun bill this year for "mindless" reasons. . . . But Kaine's veto of one gun bill takes the cake by insulting American military personnel with a clearly erroneous veto message. . . . See more at http://www.examiner.com/x-2782-DC-Gu...t-veto-message The Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222905/posts#comment Sun, 5 Apr 2009 21:05:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219562/posts When Tim Kaine campaigned for Virginia governor in 2005, he ran an ad implying that former National Rifle Association President Charlton Heston was praising him. His campaign claimed that "Tim Kaine strongly supports the Second Amendment." Once he won office, Mr. Kaine vetoed one gun bill after another that would have helped Virginians protect themselves from criminals. Unfortunately, this past week, Mr. "strong Second Amendment supporter" Kaine vetoed all five pro-self-defense bills sent to his desk. His intransigence endangers public safety. Hopefully, the General Assembly's veto-override session, which starts today, can correct those mistakes. All five vetoed bills passed with... WasWashington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219562/posts#comment Wed, 1 Apr 2009 05:02:41 GMT