Lamont won’t rule out line-item veto of earmarks in emergency bill

CT Mirror – Thursday, February 26, 2026
By Mark Pazniokas

Gov. Ned Lamont refused Thursday to rule out vetoing portions of the emergency bill speeding through the General Assembly towards his desk, wary over the inclusion of provisions that provide new earmarks or clarify badly written ones already in the budget.

“I have concerns,” Lamont said.

Lamont, a Democrat seeking reelection to a third term, spoke to reporters as the House of Representatives was debating Senate Bill 298, a 98-section emergency-certified bill that cleared the Senate on Wednesday and was on a path to final legislative approval by day’s end Thursday.

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