Veto cuts Senate budget
Allison Gagliardi
Issue date: 10/28/09 Section: News
Student Government President Isaac Roman asserted his power in Tuesday night's Senate meeting.
Roman vetoed a bill passed by Senate a week earlier that allocated this year's Senate a $22,800.75 budget.
Roman offered Senate $15,000 for a specific programming budget in his veto.
"I am kindly asking that you utilize this budget. I feel that this amount of money is sufficient enough to cover the majority of Senate's original requests," Roman wrote in his veto.
Senate needed to vote two-thirds majority to overturn the veto. That didn't happen.
Senate accepted a budget that is $7,800.75 less than it originally requsted.
This was Roman's first veto since he has been in office. "Hopefully it is my last," he said.
Senate's budget will now be funded by the executive budget.
"This incorporates working with each other and being fiscally responsible," Sen. John Tucker said.
Roman made it clear in the meeting that he believes Senate needs a budget, but is going about it in the wrong way.
"I am asking you to respect the process," he said. "Let's not compromise the integrity of Student Government."
Roman vetoed a bill passed by Senate a week earlier that allocated this year's Senate a $22,800.75 budget.
Roman offered Senate $15,000 for a specific programming budget in his veto.
"I am kindly asking that you utilize this budget. I feel that this amount of money is sufficient enough to cover the majority of Senate's original requests," Roman wrote in his veto.
Senate needed to vote two-thirds majority to overturn the veto. That didn't happen.
Senate accepted a budget that is $7,800.75 less than it originally requsted.
This was Roman's first veto since he has been in office. "Hopefully it is my last," he said.
Senate's budget will now be funded by the executive budget.
"This incorporates working with each other and being fiscally responsible," Sen. John Tucker said.
Roman made it clear in the meeting that he believes Senate needs a budget, but is going about it in the wrong way.
"I am asking you to respect the process," he said. "Let's not compromise the integrity of Student Government."
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