Walker Was Powerful In His Line Item Budget Vetoes

Some of Governor Scott Walker’s 99 state budget shows the considerable power he used with his line item veto authority. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel examined the two year, 76-billion dollar dollar package — and it found that Walker rejected an effort by his fellow G-O-P legislators to avoid a non partisan financial audit of the U-W System. Walker struck the word “not” from the section which read that the Legislative Audit Bureau shall not examine the U-W’s finances. Also, Walker used his ability to strike words to form new sentences that gave him more authority to move funds to different items within the D-O-T. Lawmakers could override the Walker vetoes, but no governor has had any veto overturned since 1985.