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Inslee 2020

hay rick

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2. I like Inslee but...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu May 23, 2019, 09:33 PM

May 2019

Claiming the authority to veto individual sentences strikes me as perilously close to claiming the right to rewrite legislation. If that claim is upheld, what stands in the way of the authority to remove individual words? Words like "not." I respect Jay's motives but this looks like a terrible precedent.

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Pow! Bam! Inslee delivers a one-two punch of executive power [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2019 OP

Smart man. Judicious. Keeps to his vision to green the state while keeping the law constitutional. ancianita May 2019 #1

I like Inslee but... hay rick May 2019 #2

They've had a line item veto in Washington for quite some time. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2019 #3

Very interesting. hay rick May 2019 #4

It's in Wisconsin too. BlueWI Jul 2019 #5