Jindal Might Be Finished With Vetoes
by Jeremy Alford - Daily Report (excerpt)

Gov. Bobby Jindal is expected to inform the House and Senate today that is he finished reviewing bills from the recent session, and that includes possible vetoes. Jindal has vetoed all or part of 31 bills this year. None were as emotionally charged, however, as the vetoing of lawmaker’s pay raises and more than $16 million worth of their pet projects. Angered by the red ink, some lawmakers now are calling for a veto session, where Jindal’s various vetoes can be overridden. Technically, they already have one on the books for Aug. 2-6. That’s because, by law, a veto session is scheduled 40 days following the close of a regular session and lawmakers must vote by mail to call it off.

House Clerk Butch Speer says his staff will be mailing veto packages Wednesday morning to lawmakers, and they have until July 28 to respond.

It only takes a vote of one of the Legislature’s two chambers to cancel the veto session. If a veto session is held, all of Jindal’s vetoes are on the table, but it’ll take a two-thirds vote of each body for an actual override.

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