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"Rell's death penalty veto faces override," is Ken Dixon's report from the Saturday edition of the Connecticut Post. Minutes after Gov. M. Jodi Rell vetoed the bill that would have abolished the death penalty, Speaker of the House Christopher G. Donovan said Friday he'd let proponents of the legislation work toward possibly overriding the rejection. During a news conference with National NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous, Donovan, D-Meriden, said he hopes that Rep. Gary Holder-Winfield, D-New Haven and others will persuade enough lawmakers to support an override movement for a possible vote in July. "There will be a veto session and we'll certainly be talking to people," Donovan said, stressing that at this point there may not be enough momentum for an override, but the 90-56 vote on May 13 had about a dozen more votes than anticipated...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 08, 2009 (boomark / email).