Jindal vetoes 29 bills from session
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Gov. Bobby Jindal vetoed 29 bills from the recent legislative session, rejecting measures he considered excessive or unnecessary.
Jindal’s veto count nearly equals the number of bills his one-time boss, former Gov. Mike Foster, vetoed during his last four years in office.
The governor’s tally also is only about a dozen bills short of former Gov. Kathleen Blanco’s veto total for her entire term.
Jindal overturned legislation that sailed through the session with little opposition. He rejected bills that contradicted his stance against the expansion of gambling. Most notably, he said “No” to pay raises for legislators and Public Service Commission members.
Some bills that he vetoed as unnecessary became law as part of other legislation.
Jindal said Wednesday he vetoed bills he thought “would be harmful.”
He said he especially rejected bills that would have created exceptions to the state’s ethics code.
Jindal convened a special session on ethics shortly after taking office in January.
The governor did not directly address a question about the sheer number of bills he vetoed.
However, he noted the more than 258 items he vetoed in the $29.9 billion state operating budget. Jindal targeted $16 million in legislative projects that he called slush funds.
“It was necessary,” Jindal said, adding that he wanted to crack down on spending.
The 29 bills that Jindal vetoed do not include the line item veto power he exercised in three budget bills.
His funding vetoes along with his rejection of the legislative pay raise irked many lawmakers.
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