House fails to muster enough votes to override package of budget vetoes

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Gov. Laura Kelly is in position to have all of her line-item budget vetoes upheld after the House failed to muster enough votes Thursday to override a package of spending proposals.

The House voted 82-42 late Thursday afternoon to override a group of 15 budget vetoes including $3 million for the Pregnancy Compassion Awareness Program and $1 million for unmanned aircraft systems research, among others.

The House needed a two-thirds vote to override the vetoes, but came up two votes short of the 84 needed for . . .

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