North Carolina governor's budget veto overturned

[The Northerner]

RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – North Carolina's Republican-led Senate overrode Democratic Governor Beverly Perdue's veto of the state budget on Wednesday, making the two-year spending plan law.

The 31-19 vote ended a bitter debate between Democrats and Republicans about how deeply to cut spending in light of high unemployment and the slow pace of recovery from the last recession.

In an earlier post-midnight session on Wednesday, House Republicans also voted to override the governor's veto with the help of five conservative Democrats who supported the budget originally.

The $19.7 billion budget for the coming year takes effect on July 1.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110616/us_nm/us_budget_northcarolina

[sharesunited]

1. Defunds Planned Parenthood?

[juajen]

2. Again, Democrats hurting democrats. How many fake dems do we have in office?

[mmonk]

3. 5 in this case. Always just enough.

[nc4bo]

4. They also want to reduce $ to libraries and there's that deep water drilling and fracking

also. Oil & Gas Co.'s gonna have a grand time phucking up NC.