31.   After the vote to override the vetoes, several members insisted that they had no plans to retreat.

32.   All three senators intend to vote to override the veto, their aides said.

33.   But both the House and Senate rejected his alternative and, by an overwhelming margin, overrode his veto of the cigarette tax hike.

34.   But Congress may yet override the veto.

35.   But Congress can override the veto, and is set for debate starting in May.

36.   But Congress overrode his veto.

37.   But Democrats took some comfort in a separate vote that suggested that the Republicans did not have the votes to override a veto.

38.   But he stopped short of threatening to try to override the veto.

39.   But it would not be easy for them to muster the votes needed to override a veto, making it unlikely that cuts would take effect anytime soon.

40.   But less than two weeks later the Legislature overrode his veto, and the budget went into effect.