S.C. Lawmakers Return for Special Session

The South Carolina General Assembly returns for a special session to wrap up work on the state budget and take up Gov. Nikki Haley's remaining vetoes.
   
Haley's 51 budget vetoes will first go to the House, which gavels in at noon Wednesday. The Senate starts several hours later. Haley's line-item vetoes struck $41 million in spending from the Legislature's $7.5 billion plan for state taxes, which takes effect July 1. They include earmarks for state museums, historic sites and local parks.
   
Bills Haley has vetoed since the regular session ended June 2 include one imposing safety restrictions on moped drivers. Overturning her vetoes takes two-thirds approval by both chambers.
   
Haley wants legislators to also reach a compromise on two ethics-related bills she wants to become law. But those seem likely to die.