He's not the only Governor. The Governor of Virginia, Bob McDonnell, used a line-item veto to override the objections of the State Legislators and to cut funding. There's more in the Roanoke Times. It has very little to do with balancing budgets. According to Dan Casey in the same newspaper, the cuts save each taxpayer in Virginia about 5.3 cents. It has more to do with a political ideological agenda.
The same tactics are being used to target Planned Parenthood at the state level.
There's more on that story from NPR News.
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