Word: vetoes
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...elections, had been barred from taking the top post because of a Turkish law excluding from public office anyone convicted of inciting religious hatred - as Erdogan was in 1997, for reading an Islamic poem at a rally. But the new AKP-dominated parliament lifted the ban, despite an initial veto by secularist President Ahmet Necdet Sezer. Erdogan will likely run in, and win, a local election in Siirt province, due within three months. The enigmatic populist can then officially take over from his close ally Abdullah Gul, who took the job until the legal problems could be sorted...
...student movement, provided focus for popular discontent and injected new life into the standoff between President Mohammed Khatami's reformist parliamentary majority and the hard-line clerics who control the Expediency and Guardian Councils, which form a supervisory executive. Two reform bills, limiting the Guardian Council's ability to veto electoral candidates and curbing the excesses of an often arbitrary and politically motivated judiciary, are currently under review by the parliament. Many see the proposed laws as Khatami's best chance to deliver on reform. Student rallies are routinely broken up by the Basij, vigilante defenders of the revolution...
...Nebraska, during the most recent session of the legislature, lawmakers increased taxes on retail sales (to 5.5%, up from 5%), cigarettes (to 64˘, from 34˘ a pack) and income (a new average rate of 5.1%, up from 2.36%, starting in 2003). The hikes were vetoed by Republican Governor Mike Johanns, but the veto was overridden. The sales-tax increase targets some services, including software training, pest control, automobile cleaning and roadside assistance. That tax hike is expected to raise $100 million a year...
...percent Democratic majority is veto-proof,” Stein said. “They can pass any piece of legislation they want and can override any veto...
Howell, the Libertarian candidate, says she will veto any state budget larger than $14 billion...