California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes $150K down payment ‘handout’ to illegal immigrant homebuyers
California's Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, on Friday rejected a bill that would have made California the first in the nation to offer down payment assistance to undocumented immigrant homebuyers. Assembly Bill 1840, approved last month by both houses of the Democrat-controlled California Assembly, sought to allow undocumented immigrants access to the state's taxpayer-funded mortgage program […]
Gavin Newsom vetoes controversial bill to give illegal aliens up to $150K to buy home in California
Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom Rejected A California bill passed by Democrats would offer illegal immigrants up to $150,000 in down payments to buy a home in California. The bill has attracted national attention and sparked angry reactions from critics on social media. “He's a master of gaslighting…I've been here 12 years and everything they do […]
Newsom vetoes controversial bill that would have given housing loans to illegal immigrants
First appeared on FOX: California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a controversial bill that would have given illegal immigrants hundreds of thousands of dollars in home loans. Last month, the California Assembly passed AB 1840, known as the “California Dream for All” loan program, which would provide loans of up to $150,000 to undocumented immigrants as […]
DeSantis signs bill allowing people to kill bears, vetoes bill to crack down on slow left lane drivers
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed a bill that would have targeted slow-moving drivers in the left lane, but signed a bill allowing people to kill black bears on their own property. The governor’s office announced Friday that the governor has signed 14 bills introduced during this year’s legislative session and vetoed three. HB 87 provides […]
North Carolina Gov. Cooper vetoes bill that would have required more juveniles to be tried as adults
North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday vetoed a bill that would have required minors accused of serious crimes to automatically be tried in court as adults. As things stand, some criminal cases involving juvenile defendants may remain in juvenile court. Bill 834 passed the House and Senate with significant bipartisan support but was […]
President Biden vetoes crypto custody bill – TechCrunch
President Joe Biden vetoed HJRes. 109, a proposed congressional resolution that could have overturned the Securities and Exchange Commission’s current approach to banking and cryptocurrencies. Specifically, the resolution targets the SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin 121, which provides guidelines for how banks should handle their customers’ crypto assets, effectively requiring them to treat those assets as […]
Vermont Gov. Scott vetoes ‘safe injection site’ proposal
Vermont’s governor vetoed a bill that would have allowed the state’s largest city, Burlington, to open a pilot overdose prevention center, including a safe injection site where people could use drugs under the supervision of trained staff and be resuscitated if they overdosed. Republican Gov. Phil Scott wrote in a letter to lawmakers Thursday that […]
US President Joe Biden vetoes SAB 121 repeal – Cointelegraph
US President Joe Biden has vetoed a resolution to overturn the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 121. The controversial decision drew immediate criticism from the cryptocurrency community. “We are disappointed that the Administration has overruled bipartisan majorities in both houses of Congress who recognized the harm caused by SAB […]
Youngkin vetoes bills on birth control and Confederate tax break removal
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) vetoed 48 bills on Friday, including one surrounding contraception and another that would have removed tax breaks for some organizations. Among the nixed bills was SB 238, which defined contraceptives such as IUDs and Plan B and would have protected their use by requiring that insurance companies provide coverage for them. […]
Youngkin vetoes slew of Virginia bills, incl. contraception access measure
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin late Friday vetoed several bills from the final bill of this year’s regular session. Among them was a bill focused on protecting access to contraceptives and one that would allow small businesses to host games of skill similar to slot machines. The veto came after Youngkin, a Republican, first proposed an […]