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Supermajority trying to defend veto votes

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by Guy Page

The Vermont Legislature Monday, June 17 overrode six of Gov. Phil Scott’s eight vetoes of the 2024 session.

His veto of a ban on flavored tobacco was not taken up for consideration during the veto session. The Senate narrowly sustained the veto of H.121, the ‘data privacy’ bill.

Members of the Vermont Legislature’s supermajority that overrode the governor’s veto on the property tax, the renewable energy standard, and safe injection sites are now seeking to defend their voting records against criticism by challengers (mostly Republicans) and citizens’ public statements in traditional and social media. 

For example, Democrat Rep. Stephanie Jerome of Brandon has issued a flier disputing, vote by vote, her decision to override Gov. Scott’s veto of the property tax, the renewable energy standard, and the Clean Heat Standard. She also is defending her vote to increase legislators’ pay, increase DMV fees, and create the payroll tax to fund childcare. (See flier.)

Jerome is facing Republican challenger Todd Nielson. 

To know how your legislator voted on several key bills in the veto override session, see table below (first published in June 2024). 

Subject of billStatewide Property TaxRenewable Energy StandardSafe Injection SitesAct 250 reformData privacy rightsnon-punitive restorative justice for minorsPesticides
LegislatorH.887H.289H.72H.687H.121h.645H.706
13.8% statewide property tax, new short-term rental, software taxes to address school funding deficit – Veto OverriddenRenewable Energy Standard, mandates zero carbon emissions from electricity and 70% instate renewable generation. Will increase utility rates. – OverriddenHarm-reduction AKA ‘safe injection sites’ prohibits law enforcement of drug use laws at sites – OverriddenAct 250 reform bill exempts some urban development from review process, further restricts home building in rural areas – Overriddenprotects citizens’ data privacy rights, exposes VT businesses to lawsuits, forbids unannounced parental monitoring of youth internet access – Veto sustainedExpands non-punitive restorative justice, especially for minors. Vetoed because unfunded. – OverriddenBans neonicotinoid pesticides. May help bees, will hurt farmers, Gov. Scott veto says. – Overridden
SenateVote
Baruth of Chittenden-Central DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Bray of Addison DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaNayYeaYea
Brock of Franklin DistrictNayNayNayNayNayNayNay
Campion of Bennington DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaNayYeaYea
Chittenden of Chittenden-Southeast DistrictYeaYeaNayYeaNayYeaYea
Clarkson of Windsor DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Collamore of Rutland DistrictNayNayNayNayNayNayNay
Cummings of Washington DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaNayYeaYea
Gulick of Chittenden-Central DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Hardy of Addison DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Harrison of Windham DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Hashim of Windham DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Ingalls of Essex DistrictNayNayNayNayNayNayNay
Julow of Grand Isle DistrictYeaYeaNayYeaNayYeaYea
Kitchel of Caledonia DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaNayYeaNay
Lyons of Chittenden-Southeast DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
MacDonald of Orange DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaNayYeaYea
McCormack of Windsor DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Norris of Franklin DistrictNayNayNayNayNayNayNay
Perchlik of Washington DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Ram Hinsdale of Chittenden-Southeast DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Starr of Orleans DistrictYeaNayNayYeaNayNayNay
Vyhovsky of Chittenden-Central DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Watson of Washington DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Weeks of Rutland DistrictNayNayNayNayNayNayNay
Westman of Lamoille DistrictNayYeaYeaNayNayNayNay
White of Windsor DistrictYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Williams of Rutland DistrictNayNayNayNayNayNayNay
Wrenner of Chittenden-North DistrictYeaNayYeaNayYeaYeaYea
House of Representatives
Andrews of WestfordYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Andriano of OrwellYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Anthony of Barre CityYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Arrison of WeathersfieldYeaYeaNayYeaYeaYeaYea
Arsenault of WillistonYeaYeaYeaYeaYea*YeaYea
Austin of ColchesterYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Bartholomew of HartlandAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Bartley of FairfaxNay*NayNayNayYeaNayNay
Beck of St. JohnsburyNayNayNayNayNayNayNay
Berbeco of WinooskiYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Birong of VergennesYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Black of EssexYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Bluemle of BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Bongartz of ManchesterYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Bos-Lun of WestminsterYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Boyden of CambridgeYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaNay
Brady of WillistonYea*YeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Branagan of GeorgiaNayNayNayNayYeaNayNay
Brennan of ColchesterNayNayNayNayNayNayNay
Brown of RichmondYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Brownell of PownalNayNayNayYeaYeaYeaNay
Brumsted of ShelburneYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Burditt of West RutlandNayNayNayNayNayNayNay
Burke of BrattleboroYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Burrows of West WindsorYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Buss of WoodstockYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Campbell of St. JohnsburyYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Canfield of Fair HavenNayNayNayNayNayNayNay
Carpenter of Hyde ParkYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Carroll of BenningtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Casey of MontpelierYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Chapin of East MontpelierYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Chase of ChesterYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Chase of ColchesterYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Chesnut-Tangerman of Middletown SpringsYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Christie of HartfordYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Cina of BurlingtonYeaYeaYea*YeaYeaYeaYea
Clifford of Rutland CityNayNayNay*YeaNayNayNay
Coffey of GuilfordYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Cole of HartfordYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Conlon of CornwallYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Corcoran of BenningtonYeaNayNayYeaYeaYeaYea
Cordes of LincolnYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Demar of EnosburghNayNayNayNayYeaNayYea
Demrow of CorinthYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Dickinson of St. Albans TownNayNayNayNayNayNayNay
Dodge of EssexYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Dolan of Essex JunctionAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Dolan of WaitsfieldYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Donahue of NorthfieldNayNayNayNayYeaNayYea
Duke of BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Durfee of ShaftsburyYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Elder of StarksboroYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Emmons of SpringfieldYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Farlice-Rubio of BarnetYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Galfetti of Barre TownNayNay*NayNayYeaNay
Garofano of EssexYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Goldman of RockinghamYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Goslant of NorthfieldNayNayNayNayNayNay
Graham of WilliamstownNayNayNayNayNayNay
Graning of JerichoYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Gregoire of FairfieldNayNayNayNayYeaNay
Hango of BerkshireNayNayNayNayYeaNay
Harrison of ChittendenNayNayNayNayYeaNay
Headrick of BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Higley of LowellNayNayNayNayNayNay
Holcombe of NorwichYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Hooper of BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Hooper of RandolphNayNayYeaYeaYeaYea
Houghton of Essex JunctionYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Howard of Rutland CityYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Hyman of South BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
James of ManchesterYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Jerome of BrandonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Kornheiser of BrattleboroYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Krasnow of South BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Krowinski of BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Labor of MorganNayNayNayNayYeaNay
LaBounty of LyndonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Lalley of ShelburneYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
LaLonde of South BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
LaMont of MorristownYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Lanpher of VergennesYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Laroche of FranklinNayNayNayNayYeaNay
Leavitt of Grand IsleYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Lipsky of StoweNayNayYeaNayYeaYea
Logan of BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Long of NewfaneYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Maguire of Rutland CityNayNayNayYeaYeaNay
Marcotte of CoventryNayNayNayNayYeaNay
Masland of ThetfordYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Mattos of MiltonNayNayNayNayNayNay
McCann of MontpelierYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
McCarthy of St. Albans CityYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
McCoy of PoultneyNayNayNayNayNayNay
McFaun of Barre TownNayNayNayNayYeaNay
McGill of BridportYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Mihaly of CalaisYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Minier of South BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Morgan of MiltonNay*NayNay*NayYeaNay
Morris of SpringfieldYeaYeaNayYeaYeaYea
Morrissey of BenningtonNayNayNayNayYeaYea
Mrowicki of PutneyYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Nicoll of LudlowYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Notte of Rutland CityYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Noyes of WolcottAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Nugent of South BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
O’Brien of TunbridgeYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Ode of BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Oliver of SheldonNayNayNayNayNayNay
Page of Newport CityNayNayNayNayYeaNay
Pajala of LondonderryYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Parsons of NewburyNayNayNayNayYeaNay
Patt of WorcesterYeaYea*YeaYeaYeaYea
Pearl of DanvilleNayNayNayNayYeaYea
Peterson of ClarendonNayNay*NayNayYeaNay
Pouech of HinesburgYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Priestley of BradfordYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Quimby of LyndonNayNayNayNayNayNay
Rachelson of BurlingtonYea*YeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Rice of DorsetYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Roberts of HalifaxYeaYeaYea*YeaYeaYea
Sammis of CastletonNayNayYea*NayYeaYea
Satcowitz of RandolphYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Scheu of MiddleburyYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Shaw of PittsfordNayNayNayNayNayNay
Sheldon of MiddleburyYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Sibilia of DoverYeaYeaYeaNayYeaYea
Sims of CraftsburyNayNayYeaYeaYeaYea
Small of WinooskiYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Smith of DerbyAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Squirrell of UnderhillYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Stebbins of BurlingtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Stevens of WaterburyYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Stone of BurlingtonAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsentAbsent
Surprenant of BarnardYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Taylor of ColchesterYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Taylor of MiltonNay*NayNayNayYeaNay
Templeman of BrowningtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Toleno of BrattleboroYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Toof of St. Albans TownNay*NayNayNayNayNay
Torre of MoretownYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Troiano of StannardYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Walker of SwantonNayNayNayNayNayNay
Waters Evans of CharlotteYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
White of BethelYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Whitman of BenningtonYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Williams of Barre CityYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea
Williams of GranbyNayNay*NayNay*NayNay
Wood of WaterburyYeaYeaYeaYeaYeaYea

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6 replies »

  1. I think the title is wrong it’s not the Super Majority trying to defend veto votes, it’s the Stupid Majority……………………

    Wake up people, they don’t care, just look at the attached bills they Vetoed, these liberals are a cancer to you and your financial future…….. Vote them out !!

  2. This highlights just how sick sick sick many of these mindless anti Vermont people are. They have no agenda other than yes yes yes yes yes yes yes. Many came to VT to destroy it. They need an attitude adjustment with a method to awaken the dead. They should point to their heads and abbreviate Montana. Baruth, and Claarkson from NY what losers and they get money from the people they are destroying. Clarkson agreed she lives in NY and Woodstock some times. Can’t be frustrated enough and still look like a human..

  3. This is the sophisticated speech some of us have been discussing. Slick talkers do not make for good leadership, this is a prime example.

    Tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth is a statement used in court.

    Clearly the court of opinion has not been doing it’s homework. These are not even half-truths, they are misleading statements. Vermonters are taking people on their word when they are lying to them in print no less. It’s propaganda, truly.

    And our propaganda machines support her and foster untruths, without question.

    Guy, thank you for printing things like this and questioning things like this. Perhaps we will wake up from our long slumber and overdose of propaganda.

  4. Vermont is circling the drain. There is time to save our state. Vote every one of the progressives out. That’s the only hope.

  5. King Philip the Scott 1st Eunuch King of Castrati was created by the Commiecrat Progressives. They put him office specifically so they could override all his vetos. When he had the chance to battle them on the magazine ban, the three-day waiting period to buy a firearm and “red flag” laws he sold us out.

    It’s not a surprise when you are stabbed in the back. The surprise is when you turn around and see who is holding the knife.

    I don’t vote for back stabbers, PERIOD!

  6. It’s interesting to see how Democrats , and I guess others as well, hoodwink their voters. Sims voted “Yea” in committee to ensure the statewide property tax hike was put on the floor. Then I suspect she got the Speaker’s okay to vote “Nay” against the bill on the floor, as the Dems had plenty of votes to pass it, and she could run for the Senate in a conservative district claiming she had tried to protect her voters. Same for the veto. The cold reality is that we have been hung out to dry by our own legislators and they are trying to convince us otherwise. Vote them out.