Veto Session Scheduled for Next Week in Connecticut; No Overrides Expected - State and Federal Communications

June 17, 2016  •  

Veto Session Scheduled for Next Week in Connecticut; No Overrides Expected

ConnecticutA veto session is scheduled to convene next week; however, lawmakers in the Senate have already decided not to challenge Gov. Dannel Malloy’s line-item veto cutting more than $20 million in municipal aid.

Democratic leadership in the House will instead hold a closed-door caucus during the June 20 session. An override of the veto needed to start in the Senate because the budget bill originated there.

Most lawmakers are unhappy with the cuts, but Democrats, who control both houses, have chosen not to fight this particular battle with the governor.

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