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Last Updated on Thursday, 2 April 2009 01:47 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 2 April 2009 10:38
This is a big change in Texas legislative politics. It’s been 3 decades since a Governor’s veto was overridden in Texas. From the Dallas Morning News:
House members, saying they need to restore a balance of power, overwhelmingly passed a proposed constitutional amendment that lets lawmakers return to the Capitol after a legislative session to consider overriding vetoes.
Under the current legislative calendar, more than 80 percent of the bills are passed in the last days of a session and the governor waits until lawmakers have left town before issuing vetoes. In his last four sessions, Gov. Rick Perry has wiped out a record number of bills that could not be revisited, even if they had broad approval in the Legislature.