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I believe that bills vetoed after the close
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of a session should be dead and not available for overrid-
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ing at the next session. There is nothing, of course, to
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prevent introduction of similar legislation early in the
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next session and passing it so that the Assembly will have
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plenty of time to override a second veto.
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That is particularly true when there is an
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election and a new group comes in and they know nothing
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about — the majority of them, a lot of then know nothing
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about what went on before, and I think they should be
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privileged to vote on that.
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Should the Governor have a item veto and should
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it be limited to appropriation bills?
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The answer to both the questions in my opinion
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is Yes.
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While the item veto is essential, to sound
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fiscal management in considering appropriation bills, it
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should not be extended to other types of legislation, of
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course not, to other types of legislation. It could be
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used in such manner as to deceive the public while destroy-
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ing the meaning and purpose of a law.
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