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Overriding a Texas governor’s veto can be impossible. Lawmakers are trying to change that.
Read full article: Overriding a Texas governor’s veto can be impossible. Lawmakers are trying to change that.The state constitution’s legislative calendar — not a vote threshold — makes it hard to overrule the governor. Legislators are crafting an amendment that would make more overrides possible.
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GOP senator says Gov. Greg Abbott should lose line-item veto after cutting Legislature’s funding, jeopardizing staffers’ jobs
Read full article: GOP senator says Gov. Greg Abbott should lose line-item veto after cutting Legislature’s funding, jeopardizing staffers’ jobsThe bill is largely symbolic, as the Legislature is currently at a standstill, unable to move any legislation because House Democrats broke quorum two weeks ago when they fled to Washington, D.C., to block GOP voting bills.
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Former legislative leaders from both parties oppose Abbott veto of legislative funding as state defends him
Read full article: Former legislative leaders from both parties oppose Abbott veto of legislative funding as state defends himIn a new court filing, the attorney general's office said the governor properly used his veto power when he nixed funding for the Legislature in response to House Democrats walkout over a Republican priority bill on elections.