Ohio Medicaid expansion freeze tops list of possible House veto override votes [View all]

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio lawmakers could vote Thursday morning to reinstate the Medicaid expansion freeze vetoed last week by Gov. John Kasich. Or not.

Political observers expect the House to consider veto overrides during a rare, post-budget session on Thursday. But Speaker Cliff Rosenberger said House Republicans will decide tonight whether to vote to override the Medicaid freeze or any one of the 47 line items Kasich in the 2018-19 state budget bills.

Veto overrides need the approval of three-fifths of each chamber -- 60 in the 99-member House and 20 in the 33-member Senate. Of the 66 Republicans in the House, 59 voted in favor of the entire budget bill.

"It's all going to come down to whether we have the members who want to do this," Rosenberger told reporters after a morning event celebrating a $5 million earmark to provide training to Ohio elected officials, a budget provision that survived Kasich's veto pen.

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