A bipartisan panel of North Dakota lawmakers voted Thursday to sue first-term Gov. The Legislative Management Committee voted 12-4 to pursue the lawsuit in North Dakota's Supreme Court, which would make it the first challenge over vetoes in the state's highest court in nearly four decades. The dispute centers on Burgum's use of his line-item veto d to change parts of several spending bills. It likely was the first time that North Dakota lawmakers have closed a public meeting to discuss any issue. The state constitution gives the governor power to veto provisions in a spending bill without rejecting the entire measure.

Source: ABC News September 28, 2017 17:14 UTC