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ROUNDUP: Kelly Ayotte Gets ‘Overwhelming Rejection’ from Legislature
In Case You Missed It, Kelly Ayotte was “handed an overwhelming rejection” by the Legislature after she recklessly vetoed the Ten-Year transportation plan. Ayotte’s veto jeopardized “the safety and longevity of [the state’s] infrastructure,” and put federal dollars to support vital transportation projects at risk.
Ayotte’s reckless veto puts her in some less-than-distinguished company: failed one-term Governor Craig Benson was the last governor to veto the Ten-Year Transportation Plan. Ayotte already has the worst approval ratings of any first-term governor in more than 30 years — following in the footsteps of Benson. Come November, she’ll have one more thing in common with him.
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Union Leader: Out-of-state tolls doubling after lawmakers reject Ayotte veto of 10-year highway plan
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[...] The New Hampshire Legislature handed Gov. Kelly Ayotte an overwhelming rejection of her veto of the state’s 10-year highway plan.
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Leading Senate and House Republicans seemed anxious not to show up the one-term governor with defiant rhetoric, well aware that for months they’ve had enough votes in hand to set aside Ayotte’s veto.
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But Democratic leaders were only too happy to pounce on the setback as an illustration of their claim that Ayotte was out of step with her own party’s leadership when it came to infrastructure spending.
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Councilor Karen Liot Hill of Lebanon, the only Democrat on the Council, filed a minority report to pay for those projects with higher tolls and praised lawmakers. “Now, let’s fix the damn roads,” she said.
IndepthNH: Lawmakers Easily Override Ayotte’s Veto of Highway Improvement Plan
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The one bill the governor vetoed that drew immediate pushback was the state’s $4.5 billion 10-Year-Highway-Improvement Plan.
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Rep. David Milz, R-Derry, chairman of the House Public Works and Highways Committee, urged lawmakers Wednesday to override her veto [...]
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In the Senate, which passed the override unanimously, Sen. Donovan Fenton, D-Keene said, “This proposal is imperative to ensure the safety and longevity of our infrastructure. Our roads and highways and bridges are essential arteries of commerce and the byways of countless tourists who visit our beautiful state. This veto delays major improvements, creates uncertainty for our businesses and workers, and puts federal funding into question. It also puts hundreds of millions of dollars out of reach for our state. . . Vetoing this bill puts the safety of Granite Staters in jeopardy.”
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