Republican legislators are firing back over the latest round of vetoes by Gov. Bev Perdue.
On the Energy Jobs Act, “would have directed the governor to work with other states to push for offshore energy exploration”:
You know what? She is clueless,” said Sen. Bob Rucho, a Matthews Republican who authored the bill. He said North Carolina would continue to “lag behind and study” while other states, such as Virginia, looked to create a new economic sector from energy production.
He called Perdue’s constitutional objection “absurd” and added, “She put the people of North Carolina in second place behind her political cronies and her political base. She should be ashamed of herself.”
The guv also vetoed a regulatory reform bill, which she claimed was unconstitutional, under the advice of Attorney General Roy Cooper:
“It’s just funny that in the Senate, you had (this) bill that was unanimous, that she now has decided has constitutional problems. It’s curious to me that no one else has seen that,” said Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, an Eden Republican.
“The only conclusion that I can draw is that she would prefer to stand on the side of the regulators as opposed to the job creators.”
As for the Republican-controlled legislature, JLF’s Becki Gray gives them a ‘B,’ reminding us “it’s going to take awhile to turn back a century of big-government policies.”
