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Article: VETO AUTHORITY; Governors shouldn't legislate
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 29, 2005
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The state Senate recently approved a proposal for a constitutional
amendment that would trim one of the more creative methods Gov. Jim
Doyle has employed to veto budget items.
It deserves to pass in the Assembly as well. And after it's passed
twice by the full Legislature in consecutive sessions, voters should
approve the measure when it appears on the ballot.
Simply, voters did not elect the governor to legislate. For better
or worse, it's why we have a state Legislature. The governor, in his
budget vetoes, has deleted words to create new sentences that, in
essence, create spending.
State Sen. Sheila Harsdorf (R-River Falls), the lead sponsor in
the Senate for the amendment, acknowledges ...