Lawmakers To Reconvene

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Wednesday, Governor Steve Beshear vetoed 45 provisions of the state budget, saying they either unduly tied his hands as the state’s chief executive or spent non-existent state funds. Lawmakers are scheduled to reconvene Thursday to wrap up their work, which began in early January. Governor Steve Beshear called Wednesday for lawmakers to work quickly on the final day of this year's legislative session to approve a massive road construction plan and a measure intended to crack down on prescription drug abuse. Beshear warned that failing to pass a transportation budget and a two-year, $3.5 billion road plan would require him to call lawmakers back to Frankfort for a special session that could cost more than $60,000 a day. Negotiators for the House and Senate worked throughout the day Wednesday to decide which road projects would go into the two-year road construction plan and a six-year, $10 billion plan.