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Wisconsin governor gets creative with veto, increases public school funding for 400 years (www.usatoday.com)

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In signing the state budget, Gov. Tony Evers used his broad partial veto powers to make permanent annual per-pupil increases for public schools.

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[–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

Wisconsin has had a line item veto since 1930, and it has been used by Democrats and Republicans.

Yeah Robin Vos did a lot of shady things to curtail Evers' executive powers prior to him taking office, yet this kind of veto power has been used before. Both Scott Walker and Tommy Thompson used the veto power during their time in office as well.

Here's a history of the line item veto from the Wisconsin.gov website.