House defers vote on budget override—for the third time

Posted on Feb 25 2009

The House of Representatives once against deferred a vote on overriding the governor’s veto of the $156.76 million fiscal year 2009 budget bill.

With a few members absent at the start of the session, the members held off on the vote but have kept it on the calendar for a future session.

This is the third time the House has deferred voting on the override. The Senate earlier overrode the governor’s veto.

Gov. Benigno Fitial vetoed the latest budget attempt because of a lack of austerity measures in the bill.

In December, Fitial vetoed the Legislature’s first budget of $165 million, citing an $8 million drop in projected local revenue. The latest budget reduced the spending level by $8 million but did not include austerity measures like unpaid holidays. The House was unsuccessful in overriding that veto.

It has been 149 days since Oct. 1, 2008, when the fiscal year 2009 budget was supposed to be in place.

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