No, the line item veto does not allow the governor of Texas to kill an entire bill. Instead, it enables the governor to selectively veto specific provisions or items within an appropriations bill while approving the rest of the legislation. This means the governor can eliminate particular funding allocations without rejecting the entire bill. However, the line item veto is limited to budget-related bills.
No, the governor of Texas cannot pocket veto. If the bill is not signed by the end of the legislative term it will automatically become law with or without the governor's signature.
Bill Clements is still alive.
No. The Texas state legislature has never passed a bill that would legalize civil unions and, as a result, no governor of Texas has ever had the opportunity to sign or veto such a bill.
No. The Texas state legislature has never passed a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage and, as a result, no governor of Texas has ever had the opportunity to sign or veto such a bill.
Yes, because the line-item veto is the power of the Texas governor to reject only some provisions of a spending bill.
If a governor rejects only a portion of a bill rather than the entire thing, he or she has exercised a line item veto. This allows the governor to eliminate specific provisions or spending items from a bill without rejecting the entire legislation. Line item vetoes are often used to remove sections that the governor disagrees with or believes are unnecessary.
Bill clements
His name was Bill Clements, a Republican.
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No. The Texas state legislature has never passed a bill that would legalize domestic partnerships statewide and, as a result, no governor of Texas has ever had the opportunity to sign or veto such a bill.
He lived and worked in the oil business in Texas for many years and went on to become a two-term governor of Texas,serving for eight full years. He won re-election with over 69% of the vote and was generally a poplular governor. He signed a popular bill to allow concealed weapons that the previous governor had vetoed. He pushed through the largest Texas tax cut in history of over $2 billion. He retired to Texas after he was President.
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