Vermont Legislature

The rift between Vermont’s Republican governor and the Democratically-controlled Legislature was on display after a legislative session this week overrode most of the governor’s vetoes.

A Vermont House member apologized on the floor of the chamber Monday for surreptitiously and repeatedly damaging another member’s tote bag.

Administration officials met with Vermont legislative leaders on Wednesday in an attempt to find a compromise over a vetoed property tax bill that could be overridden when legislators return to Montpelier on Monday.

Vermont Governor Phil Scott used part of his weekly briefing today to explain how he decides which bills from the just completed legislative session he will approve and which he will veto.

During his weekly briefing, Vermont Governor Phil Scott offered his assessment of the just-adjourned legislative session and made his first comments about his decision to run for a fifth two-year term.

The Vermont Legislature adjourned its 77th biennium over the weekend.

As the Vermont legislative session winds down, Governor Phil Scott is lamenting lack of progress on his key priorities.

As legislators in the Statehouse work on the budget and the governor calls for fiscal restraint, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility held a policy forum this week to discuss possible revenue strategies.

The speaker of the Democratically controlled Vermont House joined the chair of that chamber’s Appropriations Committee to discuss budget deliberations and rebut Republican Governor Phil Scott’s ongoing criticism that their plan is fiscally irresponsible.

Vermont Governor Phil Scott continues to call on the legislature to curtail any plans to increase taxes and fees.