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NEWS LEADER. THANK YOU. NOW, IF YOU’RE WONDERING HOW OFTEN WE’VE SEEN A VETO OVERRIDDEN HERE IN IOWA, WELL, THERE’S ONLY BEEN JUST A FEW INSTANCES THAT WE HAPPEN TO FIND OUT. OUR SUZANNE BENTLEY, OUR CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, TAKES US INTO THE HISTORY OF ALL THIS. WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT? JODI? THERE’S JUST BEEN A HANDFUL OF VETO OVERRIDES IN THE STATE, AND THEY INCLUDE 1 IN 1963, WHEN HAROLD HUGHES WAS GOVERNOR, THERE WAS ANOTHER IN 2006 WHEN TOM VILSACK WAS GOVERNOR. AND THAT’S ACCORDING TO A REVIEW OF IOWA OFFICIAL REGISTERS AND OTHER LEGISLATIVE RECORDS THAT WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO GO THROUGH SO FAR. NOW, EMINENT DOMAIN WAS AT THE CENTER OF THE 2006 OVERRIDE. JUST LIKE THIS, JUST LIKE THE EMINENT DOMAIN BILL IS BEING TALKED ABOUT FOR AN OVERRIDE THIS WEEK. I TALKED WITH A PROPERTY RIGHTS PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA TODAY, AND BETHANY BERGER TELLS US, EMINENT DOMAIN IS OFTEN A REALLY EMOTIONAL ISSUE. AND PARTICULARLY IN IOWA, WHERE FARMLAND IS SO IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE HAVE GENERATIONAL CONNECTION TO THEIR LAND. ANOTHER HISTORICAL NOTE A VALUABLE TOOL BECAME AVAILABLE TO GOVERNORS IN THE LATE 1960S. IOWA VOTERS APPROVED ADDING A LINE ITEM VETO POWER IN APPROPRIATIONS BILLS INTO THE IOWA CONSTITUTION, AND THAT MEANS THAT GOVERNORS DON’T HAVE TO VETO THE ENTIRE FUNDING BILL. SUZANNE, THA