By AP/KWMU
Jefferson City, MO – Democrats this week will likely try to replace some of the money Missouri Governor Blunt cut from the state budget this summer.
They say they want to overturn some of the line-item vetoes that Blunt used in signing the state budget into law. Lawmakers continue their special session on Wednesday.
One of the cuts was $36 million, to promote state tourism and for Alzheimer's research. Blunt says he supports those programs but defended the cuts as a way to balance the budget.
Vetoing the Republican governor, however, will be difficult because it takes a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate, and both chambers are controlled by the GOP.