Following the Senate’s override votes

Yesterday’s override votes by the House overrode nothing. It takes a 2/3 vote of both chambers to override a veto. This means the legislative branch’s rejection of the governor’s decision has to be pretty resounding, in the nature of a consensus.

Again, I’m following Adam Beam’s blow-by-blow account, since he’s there and I’m not. Here’s what he’s posted so far:

Adam Beam ‏@adambeam

Senate has 51 vetoes to vote on. Each vote takes about 6 minutes. That’s 5 hours, assuming Senators do not talk in between (yeah, right)

Adam Beam ‏@adambeam

Senate taking up arts veto now. Sen. Hayes points out 70% of arts commission money goes to grants for local arts projects ‪#sctweets

Adam Beam ‏@adambeam

Of course, opponents say the other 30 percent goes to administrative costs.

Adam Beam ‏@adambeam

Some questioning Arts Commission director’s $90,000 annual salary. Sen. Lourie asks: “How much does the governor’s chief of staff make?”

Adam Beam ‏@adambeam

Senate overrides Arts Commission veto, 29-10. ‪#sctweets

Adam Beam ‏@adambeam

Senate sustains Haley’s veto of EPSCOR, 25-15. House initially sustained this yesterday, then changed its mind and overrode it. ‪#sctweets

Adam Beam ‏@adambeam

Senate voting on this: http://bit.ly/OOs012 ‪#sctweets

Adam Beam ‏@adambeam

Senate overrides veto of Sea Grant Consortium, 34-7. Vote means the state agency will continue to exist. ‪#sctweets

Adam Beam ‏@adambeam

Arts Commission veto overridden by four votes. They have one more veto on the agenda: $500,000 in grants for local projects. ‪#sctweets

Adam Beam ‏@adambeam

Four vetoes so far. Senate has overturned two, sustained two. ‪#sctweets

Adam Beam ‏@adambeam

Certificate of Need veto is next. This is the process by which hospitals can expand or build new hospitals ‪#sctweets

Adam Beam ‏@adambeam

Senate (barely) overrode Certificate of Need veto last year.

Adam Beam ‏@adambeam

Supporters of Certificate-of-Need say vetoing the funding — but not the law — would cause chaos ‪#sctweets

Adam Beam ‏@adambeam

So far, Senate has overturned $10 million worth of vetoes. They have sustained $344,075 ‪#sctweets

Adam Beam ‏@adambeam

Certificate-of-Need veto overturned, 36-5. Next up: $10 million in one-time money for teacher pay raises. ‪#sctweets

Adam Beam ‏@adambeam

Teacher pay raise veto overturned, 41-2 ‪#sctweets

Adam Beam ‏@adambeam

You can keep track of each veto here: http://bit.ly/LseSNM ‪#sctweets

Andy Shain ‏@andyshain

Follow Gov. Nikki Haley’s running commentary on the budget vetoes here:http://www.facebook.com/NikkiHaley ‪#sctweets

Retweeted by Adam Beam

Adam Beam ‏@adambeam

Senate now reconsidering earlier vote to sustain Veto No. 2. House did the same thing yesterday ‪#sctweets

Adam Beam ‏@adambeam

Veto No. 2 is the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. It affects colleges and universities. $161,314. ‪#sctweets

Adam Beam ‏@adambeam

While we were at ‪#scgov @NikkiHaley‘s news conference, the Senate went back and changed their votes on a few vetoes. Sneaky.

More later, as it develops. I have to run out to a reception now. Gotta be a Mad Man.

6 thoughts on “Following the Senate’s override votes

  1. Tavis Micklash

    @SD II

    This is on ETV live… why is Courson not voting?

    To avoid looking like he was pro tax. He is far from a thrifty.

    I contest he is perhaps worried about the challenge from Rikard. He will try to appeal as the fiscally responsible of the pair.

    I hate the term RINO but I think it does apply here.

    This is pure conjecture of course since I can’t stream ATM so don’t know what he is doing. Just not a big Courson fan. Its just time to move on.

  2. Steven Davis II

    “Doesn’t the president pro tem only vote to break a tie?”

    Aren’t you the constitutional expert?

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