Va. House throws out governor’s vetoes

July 1, 2014
Zaina Kahuk
Headlines
News Writer

The Virginia House of Delegates has thrown out two of Governor Terry McAuliffe’s line-item budget vetoes. House Speaker William J. Howell announced Monday that McAuliffe’s vetoes were outside the lines of the governor’s authority.One veto Howell tossed out was of a Republican-backed amendment aimed at preventing him from expanding Medicaid without legislative approval He also vetoed funding for new state judgeships out of order. The House voted 70-27 to override McAuliffe’s veto of funding for a new ethics commission.