Senate Republican leaders this week began exploring their options for challenging the line item vetoes of legislative initiatives in the Fiscal Code bill they say may violate the state’s constitution.

Last week Senate Republicans retained former Senate Republican Counsel Steve MacNett to review the vetoes and explore different potential alternatives and remedies.

This week Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati (R-Jefferson) and Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R-Delaware) wrote a letter to State Treasurer Rob McCord asking his opinion on the vetoes.

The State Treasurer is given authority to pay legitimate state appropriations, however, if they are considered unconstitutional the Treasurer can refuse to pay.

The plot, as they say, thickens.

NewsClips:

Senate GOP Looks To McCord On Corbett Vetoes

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8/4/2014