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dweller

(26,871 posts)
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 04:15 PM Tuesday

NC lawmakers override Stein's vetoes, as key House Democrats defect

🤬. wtf

https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/nc-lawmakers-override-steins-vetoes-key-house-democrats-defect

North Carolina lawmakers began voting to override Gov. Josh Stein’s vetoes on Tuesday, forcing into law several contentious measures after a handful of House Democrats defected to vote with the Republican majority.

Most votes in the Senate came with little suspense, as Republicans hold a veto-proof majority.

But in the House, GOP leaders had no votes to spare. One seat short of a supermajority, they joined with several key Democrats to override the governor’s veto on an array of bills: cracking down on immigration enforcement, restricting changes to birth certificates for transgender people, allowing concealed weapons in private schools and repealing an emissions goal for Duke Energy


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NC lawmakers override Stein's vetoes, as key House Democrats defect (Original Post) dweller Tuesday OP
Will they stand with us on anything? n/t mtngirl47 Tuesday #1
"... GOP leaders had no votes to spare. One seat short of a supermajority, they joined with several key Democrats, " ... marble falls Tuesday #2
It doesn't look good dweller Tuesday #3
I wonder why some did that? OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #4
yep---duke is their lord and master! n/t mtngirl47 17 hrs ago #5

marble falls

(67,163 posts)
2. "... GOP leaders had no votes to spare. One seat short of a supermajority, they joined with several key Democrats, " ...
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 04:26 PM
Tuesday

... "GOP leaders had no votes to spare. One seat short of a supermajority, they joined with several key Democrats to override the governor’s veto on an array of bills ..."

Sounds like at least a few have.

OldBaldy1701E

(8,480 posts)
4. I wonder why some did that?
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 10:03 PM
Tuesday
"...repealing an emissions goal for Duke Energy..."


Oh, there we go.
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