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Navajo council overrides president’s veto of spending measure
By Susan Montoya Bryan
Albuquerque, New Mexico (AP) A spat over emergency spending on the Navajo Nation has boiled over now that the Tribal Council has overturned a presidential veto after being warned by the president that other projects could be compromised if the spending was approved. Navajo President Joe Shirley Jr. vetoed a more than $17 million appropriation that was meant to provide relief for a weather emergency because tribal delegates had tacked on millions of dollars for unrelated projects. |
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