Eye On Boise

Otter: The ‘going home bill’

April 20, 2009 9:21 a.m. • 1 comment

Gov. Butch Otter says he would have vetoed those two bills anyway. “By Thursday, I have all these appropriation bills to sign,” he said - but he’s going to hold them, to see what happens with Senate amendments to transportation bills. “I’m simply using the vetoing of these bills to remind them that I’ve got all these on my desk,” Otter said, “and I’m prepared to take similar action.” He said the amended Senate bill is the “going-home bill” and the Senate amendments will give him what he wants on transportation. “I’m prepared to stay as long as I have to in order to get some responsible legislation that reflects our transportation revenues,” Otter said. “There is another avenue that we’re exploring right now and that is a special session the day after they adjourn.”