[McAuliffe breaks record, issues most vetoes of any Virginia governor ]The GOP controls both chambers, with a wide margin in the House but only a 21-to-19 advantage in the Senate. The legislature has never mustered the votes to override McAuliffe, even on bills that originally sailed out of both chambers with bipartisan support. The legislature also considered amendments he had made to legislation, many of them technical but others of great significance to the underlying bills. The legislature had given the city eight years to fix the problem, but McAuliffe wanted to give the city two to five years on top of that. Another bill McAuliffe had amended would have entitled next of kin to complete records of “unattended deaths,” such as suicides and accidents, once police determine that no criminal charges would be filed.

Source: Washington Post April 05, 2017 21:10 UTC