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:
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)
Senate taking up arts veto now. Sen. Hayes points out 70% of arts commission money goes to grants for local arts projects #sctweets
Of course, opponents say the other 30 percent goes to administrative costs.
Some questioning Arts Commission director’s $90,000 annual salary. Sen. Lourie asks: “How much does the governor’s chief of staff make?”
Senate overrides Arts Commission veto, 29-10. #sctweets
Senate sustains Haley’s veto of EPSCOR, 25-15. House initially sustained this yesterday, then changed its mind and overrode it. #sctweets
Senate voting on this: http://bit.ly/OOs012 #sctweets
Senate overrides veto of Sea Grant Consortium, 34-7. Vote means the state agency will continue to exist. #sctweets
Arts Commission veto overridden by four votes. They have one more veto on the agenda: $500,000 in grants for local projects. #sctweets
Four vetoes so far. Senate has overturned two, sustained two. #sctweets
Certificate of Need veto is next. This is the process by which hospitals can expand or build new hospitals #sctweets
Senate (barely) overrode Certificate of Need veto last year.
Supporters of Certificate-of-Need say vetoing the funding — but not the law — would cause chaos #sctweets
So far, Senate has overturned $10 million worth of vetoes. They have sustained $344,075 #sctweets
Certificate-of-Need veto overturned, 36-5. Next up: $10 million in one-time money for teacher pay raises. #sctweets
Teacher pay raise veto overturned, 41-2 #sctweets
You can keep track of each veto here: http://bit.ly/LseSNM #sctweets
Follow Gov. Nikki Haley’s running commentary on the budget vetoes here:http://www.facebook.com/NikkiHaley #sctweets
Retweeted by Adam Beam
Senate now reconsidering earlier vote to sustain Veto No. 2. House did the same thing yesterday #sctweets
Veto No. 2 is the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. It affects colleges and universities. $161,314. #sctweets
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.
And if y’all want to watch real-time video of the Senate in action, here’s the link…
This is on ETV live… why is Courson not voting?
@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.
Doesn’t the president pro tem only vote to break a tie?
“Doesn’t the president pro tem only vote to break a tie?”
Aren’t you the constitutional expert?
Is it true that the Arts Commission has 20 employees?