The House of Representatives was able to meet yesterday the required three-fourth supermajority threshold to pass the House bill that would set the salaries of incoming members of the 21st Legislature at $32,000.<\/p>\n
The Legislature\u2014both House of Representatives and Senate\u2014earlier passed similar legislations, House bills 20-194 and 20-195, but both were vetoed by the Governor\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
In vetoing H.B. 20-195, Gov. Ralph DLG Torres said the CNMI Office of the Attorney General had advised him that the bill failed to pass with the required 15 vote-supermajority or three-fourth of the Legislature that is needed under Article II, Section 7 (d) of the CNMI Constitution that that would affect the government\u2019s spending authority enacted between the election and the second Monday of January.<\/p>\n
This latest attempt to set lawmakers\u2019 salaries is House Bill 20-197.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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