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Republican State Senator Wants Veto Powers Limited

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A Republican state Senator wants to amend the State Constitution to limit the Governor’s line-item veto powers.Governor Jim Doyle used his veto pen to shrink several paragraphs to one or two sentences in the state budget.Sheila Harsdorf of River Falls says she wants to make sure no future governors can do the same thing.Gil Halsted reports…

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