Ned Lamont vetoed a bill Thursday aimed at limiting government immunity in police chases, calling it overly broad.
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Lamont: Trump’s threat to veto COVID relief is ‘erratic behavior’
Gov. Ned Lamont says President Donald J. Trump’s threat to veto the bipartisan pandemic relief package was “erratic behavior.”
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Trump’s threatened defense veto echoes in CT
Trump’s threatened veto of $740 billion in defense spending is to keep Confederate names on U.S. military bases.
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Tentative deal expected soon on restaurant wage bill
House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz and Gov. Ned Lamont both expressed confidence Monday they could strike a compromise deal on restaurant-server wage legislation by the end of next week.
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Despite speaker’s pledge, House won’t override Lamont veto of restaurant bill
Three days after pledging to override Gov. Ned Lamont’s veto of legislation crucial to an ongoing legal battle between restaurants and their workers, House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz reversed himself Monday.
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Speaker: House will vote to override Lamont veto — even without Senate support
The House will vote Monday to override Gov. Ned Lamont’s veto of legislation crucial to an ongoing legal battle between restaurants and their workers — regardless of whether the Senate supports it.
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House speaker anticipates at least one veto override attempt
House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz said members of his chamber haven’t caucused yet, but there’s a good chance they will want to resurrect a bill on workforce training needs. Lawmakers will return on July 22 for a veto session.
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Malloy warns Democrats veto overrides could hurt them at the polls
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy cautioned his fellow Democrats in the legislature Wednesday that pressing bills restricting the state bailout of Hartford and the governor’s authority over education aid could inflame urban voters at the wrong time.
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Malloy vetoes Hartford bailout limits, animal registry bill
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy vetoed two bills Thursday, including a measure passed to quell anger over the state’s financial bailout of Hartford, and he cautioned lawmakers to fix significant errors in another law that imposes a surcharge on insurance policies to finance relief for owners of homes with crumbling foundations.
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Malloy’s fifth veto: The new DCF oversight bill
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy vetoed a measure Wednesday that would have created a new, legislature-controlled, oversight council for the Department of Children and Families, calling it “a significant intrusion by the legislative branch” in executive authority.
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Malloy, Aresimowicz differ over vetoed tax-credit bill
House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, D-Berlin, said Thursday the General Assembly should override Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s veto of a bill that the governor says would have extended a state manufacturing tax credit to wealthy individuals who play no role in job creation.
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Malloy veto of education funding bill likely will stand
Legislative leaders are leaning against attempting to override Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s latest veto. The reason: they included what effectively amounts to duplicate language in a second bill the governor already has signed.
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Malloy vetoes Medicare program fix, calls it ‘wishful’ budgeting
In a largely symbolic act, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy vetoed a bipartisan bill Monday to reverse cuts to the Medicare Savings Program, calling it an unbalanced exercise in “wishful thinking” that only would worsen projected budget deficits.
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No budget progress amid a day of political theater
Connecticut’s budget drama continued Tuesday with two plot twists: the failure of the House to override the veto of a Republican-authored budget, followed by a Democratic challenge for the GOP to accept a legally suspect measure to temporarily stabilize public services while continuing negotiations.
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Speaker: House will uphold Malloy’s budget veto
House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz predicted late Monday the chamber would uphold Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s veto of the Republican-crafted state budget when it meets today.