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Quinn Fares Poorly on Vetoes but Has Week to Go
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's scorecard on preserving his vetoes of legislation isn't looking good halfway through the General Assembly's fall session.

Lawmakers in at least one house have voted to override a third of the 18 bills the Democrat vetoed last summer.

They've accepted only two, both of which simply change the laws' effective dates. One failed to get enough votes in the Senate to override.

Some lawmakers say the governor hasn't shown initiative in pushing his agenda.
The spotty performance could be a foreshadowing of things to come for Quinn, who begins his first full term in January.

But Quinn shouldn't be counted out just yet. There are still three days of work left for lawmakers in the second week of the fall session, which resumes on Tuesday.

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