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One Vote Shy of Veto-Proof

Thursday, February 21, 2008 - 7:35 pm
by Mary Lahammer

It was a nail-biter, but the House passed the transportation bill 89-44, that's one vote shy of a veto-proof majority. I counted a couple of Dems voting no: Otremba and Lesch. It appears 6 Republicans voted yes: Abler, Erhardt, Heidgerken, Hamilton and Neil Peterson. So party lines went both ways. Democrats have to shore up their ranks if they have any shot at an override. I certainly didn't see the no vote coming from Lesch. Otremba was expected to be iffy and word has it she's been leaned on very hard from her caucus. Just because a handful of Republicans voted for this doesn't necessarily mean they would vote on an override. The Senate passed it at 9:30 tonight by a 47-20 margin now they'll try to get this to the governor's desk by the end of the day to speed its veto as soon as Friday and possible override next week.

It was a nail-biter, but the House passed the transportation bill 89-44, that's one vote shy of a veto-proof majority. I counted a couple of Dems voting no: Otremba and Lesch. It appears 6 Republicans voted yes: Abler, Erhardt, Heidgerken, Hamilton and Neil Peterson. So party lines went both ways. Democrats have to shore up their ranks if they have any shot at an override.
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