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Conn. Gov. Vetoes School Junk Food Bill 2 hours, 30 minutes ago HARTFORD, Conn. - The governor vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have banned most soft drinks and junk food from Connecticut schools. Soft drink companies had lobbied fiercely against the bill, and schools expressed concerns about losing revenue from sales. Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell said the effort to impose state standards on school districts for nutrition and physical education "undermines the control and responsibility of parents with school-aged children." The bill would have banned sodas and snacks deemed unhealthy by the state Department of Education from school...

PHOENIX (AP) -- No sign of second thoughts by Governor Napolitano on controversial vetoes of Republican bills passed by the Legislature. Republican leaders say Napolitano broke a deal on a budget package by vetoeing a school-choice bill that was part of the package. They're also critical of her veto of a school funding bill that they say wasn't part of the package but which Napolitano says was. Senate President Ken Bennett said the only honorable thing for Napolitano to have done if she felt the Republicans broke the deal was to veto the entire budget package, not just the parts...

Governor “NO” Breaks Veto Record Governor Napolitano is breaking records, and it’s not just for spending increases. Napolitano has broken the record for “most uses of the veto in a legislative session.” Vetoing 36 bills including an entire budget, Governor Napolitano eclipsed the former recorded of 28 vetoes in one session. Just like national Democrats, Governor Napolitano is obstructing the business of Arizona’s government. To read about it log online to http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0426guns-veto26box.html

SACRAMENTO (AP) - For more than a decade, a trade group representing the nation's biggest drug companies was content to sit on the sidelines of California's legislative races. But after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed four bills in September that would have made it easier for Californians to buy cheaper prescription drugs from Canada, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Alliance quickly emerged as one of California's major players and one of the governor's key supporters. The PhRMA group jumped into state legislative races late in the 2004 campaign - only two weeks after Schwarzenegger's Sept. 29 veto of the...

The Puppet Running for President October 22, 2004 - With any luck, this will be the last article I have to write about John Kerry, ever. Hopefully, in two weeks he will be resuming his role as an unsuccessful do-nothing liberal Massachusetts Senator with a nutcase for a wife and a face that only a Botox-technician could love - and in Mass., your tenth injection is always free. While a Kerry Presidency could have its potential editorial-writing upside ("I signed the bill before I vetoed it, no wait"), it surely isn't something to otherwise look forward to. Personally, I'll take...

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Siding with his business allies, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed bills Saturday that would have raised the minimum wage to $7.75 an hour and required economic impact reports before local governments approve Wal-Mart-like mega-stores. The Republican governor also turned down legislation that would have limited drug testing of students. He contended the minimum wage and super-store legislation would have hurt the state's economy and said drug testing policies should be left up to school officials. "I cannot support legislation that eliminates the ability of local school districts to make decisions based on the needs and values of their...

Pentagon vetoes new task force to take control of Baghdad By Rupert Cornwell in Washington 02 April 2003 The parallel internal war in Washington over Iraq flared again yesterday when the Pentagon vetoed a list of senior officials proposed by the State Department to help to run the country once Saddam Hussein has been overthrown. The proposed team is understood to have included several present and former high-level diplomats, including ambassadors to Arab states, who would have joined what amounts to a cabinet under the retired General Jay Garner, named by the Pentagon to head an interim administration. But Donald...

<p>Gov. Gray Davis has rejected legislation closing the state budget gap by $70 million next year through the early release of thousands of prisoners.</p> <p>The governor announced his veto Tuesday just before enacting billions of dollars in hard-won budget cuts agreed to by the same Democratic leaders who sought the early-release measure.</p>

US says doubts Russia, China vetoes on Iraq MOSCOW/LONDON - The United States said on Wednesday it doubted either Russia or China would veto a new U.N. Security Council resolution designed to pave the way for war on Iraq. The comments, made by a senior U.S. administration official speaking on condition of anonymity, seemed to improve prospects for the resolution, although questions remained over the nine council votes it needs to pass and a possible French veto. Washington's main supporter, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, faced potentially the biggest revolt yet within his ruling Labour Party in a parliamentary vote...