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Tony Evers uses veto powers to extend annual increases for public schools for the next four centuries. (www.jsonline.com)

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In signing the state budget, Gov. Tony Evers used his broad partial veto powers to make permanent annual per-pupil increases for public schools.

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[–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the best use of the limited line item veto I have ever seen by any Wisconsin governor.

A little bit of history, the original line item veto allowed the governor to veto any letter or number combination, effectively writing legislation letter by letter (dubbed the Vanna White veto). Limits were established that only phrases could be struck out, and look what Tony Evers did here.

For anyone that's interested, more on Wisconsin's Line Item Veto here.

[–] Daak@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So not entirely correct, the reason this is legal is because the amendment was only for letters (not numbers) and in fact the legal committee agreed that it allowed the creation of new numbers.

Source: http://lrbdigital.legis.wisconsin.gov/digital/collection/p16831coll2/id/663

[–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the clarification! Google didn't really help me find something better, so I thought Wikipedia was the best reference.