Word: vetoes
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BOSTON--The state Senate narrowly voted yesterday to allow Boston and Cambridge to spread out the abolition of rent control over five years, but by a margin too small to override the veto Gov. William F. Weld '66 has promised...
...Rent control is dead," said Senate minority leader Brian P. Lees (R-East Longmeadow) following the votes. "We have the votes to sustain the veto. The arrogance of the politicians in these communities did not win, the voters...
...thirds of the Senate, or 27 of the 40 senators, is required to override a gubernatorial veto...
...House of Representatives approved the petitions last Monday. Yesterday's vote sends the petitions of Boston and Cambridge to the governor's desk. But Weld has repeatedly said he will veto any petitions to maintain rent control. "I don't like any of the ones that have been drafted," he told reporters yesterday...
...Democrats will be unable to override a veto unless they can recapture at least eight votes in the Senate...