Legislators Uphold Less Than $200K of Governors Budget Vetoes

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina lawmakers have restored most of the money struck by Gov. Nikki Haley’s budget vetoes, though they agreed with her on nixing a study about moving the Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum to Charleston.
The Republican governor vetoed $41 million worth of spending last week. The Legislature sustained a dozen of her line-item vetoes during a special session Wednesday. But most of those struck mandates, not money.
For example, legislators agreed to eliminate a clause directing how grass should be mowed at welcome centers.
Lawmakers had approved the Relic Room study instead of paying to display the Confederate flag removed from Statehouse grounds last summer at the Columbia museum.
Republican Rep. Chip Limehouse of Charleston said the issue was about saving money, since the museum loses money in Columbia. Nevertheless, he asked colleagues to sustain the veto.