Great victory!
Published: Monday, April 3rd, 2023 @ 5:49 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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North Carolina House Republicans scaled back a rule change that would have eliminated the 48-hour notice requirement for gubernatorial veto override votes.
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2023 @ 7:32 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Neither state Senate Democrat who initially voted for the Free the Smiles legislation last month was willing to stick with that “yes” vote this week.
Published: Monday, March 14th, 2022 @ 5:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The speaker of the N.C. House of Representatives wants colleagues to override the governor’s veto of a bill ending school mask mandates. It would mark the first time in a year that lawmakers have tried to overturn a gubernatorial veto.
Published: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022 @ 1:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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After coming up one vote short in its first effort to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill to reopen schools, the Senate is moving to try again.
Published: Monday, March 8th, 2021 @ 10:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The North Carolina Republican Party released the following statement following the failed veto override vote.
Published: Thursday, March 4th, 2021 @ 4:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. General Assembly on Monday, March 1, tried but failed — by one vote, 29-20 — to override the governor’s veto of a bill to reopen schools.
Published: Thursday, March 4th, 2021 @ 8:42 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. House failed to override a veto on a bill to reopen gyms and bars Wednesday, June 24, sealing the fate of hundreds of businesses around the state.
Published: Saturday, June 27th, 2020 @ 8:43 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Members of the N.C. General Assembly may meet for only one day this week — Tuesday, Jan. 14 — and will potentially hold a vote to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget veto.
Published: Sunday, January 19th, 2020 @ 10:41 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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In response to the false narrative that has been printed and aired in many venues, I’d like to present the truth, the facts that are without dispute regarding the vote to override Gov. Cooper’s veto of the state budget.
Published: Tuesday, November 12th, 2019 @ 6:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. Senate will conclude its business this week, with or without overriding the governor’s budget veto, Senate leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, said during a Monday, Oct. 28, news conference.
Published: Tuesday, October 29th, 2019 @ 4:57 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The General Assembly may finally end the months-long budget stalemate and override the governor’s veto of the budget.
Published: Monday, October 28th, 2019 @ 7:54 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Rep. Darren Jackson, D-Wake, wants Republican leaders to take a polygraph. He says he’ll pay for it.
Published: Friday, September 27th, 2019 @ 3:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The fate of the budget veto override lies in the Senate, but don’t expect a vote any time soon.
Published: Wednesday, September 18th, 2019 @ 6:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s time for a break from “summer camp.”
Published: Wednesday, September 18th, 2019 @ 10:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Rep. Jason Saine, R-Lincoln, denied claims from Democrats and some media outlets that he helped carry out a plan to mislead House Democrats into not showing up to an early morning session so House Republicans could more easily pass a veto override of the budget.
Published: Tuesday, September 17th, 2019 @ 6:15 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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While a majority of the Democratic caucus was absent, Speaker of the House Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, on the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 11 called for a vote to override the governor’s budget veto.
Published: Monday, September 16th, 2019 @ 3:08 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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It’s been five years in the making, and it’s almost free from the budget stalemate.
Published: Sunday, September 15th, 2019 @ 4:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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With most of the Democratic caucus absent from the chamber, the N.C. House voted to override two of Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes.
Published: Saturday, September 14th, 2019 @ 9:51 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The budget and the House vote process are profoundly disappointing.
Published: Thursday, September 12th, 2019 @ 3:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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After several starts and stops, on Tuesday, July 9, the N.C. House failed to vote on an override of the governor’s budget bill.
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2019 @ 8:18 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Thursday morning, the New Hampshire Senate voted to override Gov. Chris Sununu’s veto of a bill to repeal the death penalty.
Published: Tuesday, June 18th, 2019 @ 12:11 am
By: Daily Wire
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Much of the commentary surrounding the recent born-alive abortion-survivors bill assumes the issue is dead.
Published: Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019 @ 12:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. House voted 72-40 Wednesday to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 824, legislation implementing a constitutional amendment mandating voters present approved state-approved photo identification
Published: Sunday, December 30th, 2018 @ 8:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Despite vigorous arguments from opponents, the N.C. Farm Act of 2018 became law over Gov. Roy Cooper's objections
Published: Thursday, July 12th, 2018 @ 4:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Senate delivered swiftly on a leadership pledge to kill Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the 2018-19 General Fund budget, voting 34-13 to override Thursday, June 7
Published: Wednesday, July 4th, 2018 @ 6:54 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The House completed the snub of Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget veto with a 73-44 override vote, as a single Democrat, outgoing Wake County Rep. Duane Hall, joined a unified Republican caucus
Published: Wednesday, June 27th, 2018 @ 9:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. House voted 72-40 to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of a bill that loosens ballot restrictions for third parties and unaffiliated candidates in North Carolina
Published: Friday, October 20th, 2017 @ 12:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Cooper vetoed S.B. 656 to forestall a purported constitutional amendment The Republican-led General Assembly seemed content to stay home until January
Published: Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 @ 6:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans proudly welcome more competition on the ballot from unaffiliated candidates and newly empowered political parties like the Green Party
Published: Tuesday, October 17th, 2017 @ 8:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The 2017-18 General Assembly may soon try to keep alive its unblemished record of overriding Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes
Published: Wednesday, October 11th, 2017 @ 9:58 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Legislators voted to override two of Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes Thursday. They addressed a key piece of a third vetoed bill through a local measure that avoids the governor's scrutiny.
Published: Monday, October 9th, 2017 @ 9:12 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Continuing our strong record of eliminating and simplifying job-killing rules, both the Senate and House of Representatives voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes of House Bill 56 and Senate Bill 16 this past week
Published: Saturday, October 7th, 2017 @ 9:57 pm
By: Bill Cook
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