Ariz. governor on verge of veto record

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Gov. Janet Napolitano's vetoes are about to put her in the Arizona history books again. A year after setting a single-session record for Arizona governors with 58 vetoes — Republican Jane Hull set the old record of 28 in 2001 — the first-term Democrat is poised to capture the all-time record.

So far this year, Napolitano has rejected 31 bills passed by the GOP-majority Legislature, including measures that would have created a new tax break on companies' donations for private school scholarships and would have tightened an existing law requiring parental consent for minors to have abortions.

Her record veto — No. 115 — could come Monday, when she is expected to act on a wide-ranging border security bill. It includes provisions similar to a bill she previously vetoed that would have made illegal immigrants' presence in Arizona a crime under the state's trespassing law. Napolitano refused to say if she will veto the measure, but she warned legislative leaders she would if the bill included criminalization provisions. The Legislature has not yet been able to override one of her vetoes.

Her most recent veto on May 16 — rejecting a bill to impose new restrictions on cities' use of impact fees charged for new developments — tied her with fellow Democrat Bruce Babbitt, according to figures compiled by the Arizona Capitol Times newspaper. However, Babbitt cast his 114 vetoes in just under nine years in office, while Napolitano has yet to finish the four-year term she began in 2003. Napolitano is running for re-election this year. She enjoys strong poll ratings, and several prominent Republicans decided against challenging her.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060604/ap_on_re_us/napolitano_veto_record

[madaboutharry]

1. She is a great Gov.

The woman is dealing with the looney wing of the republican party.

[dorktv]

2. She once said "well if I got better bills"