Va. Governor Victorious in Rejecting Goals 2000

By Ann Bradley

A partisan battle in Virginia over federal education funding ended last week with a victory for Gov. George F. Allen. Legislators were unable to override his veto of the state's participation in the Clinton administration's Goals 2000 program.

By a vote of 57-43, the House fell 10 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to overturn the Republican governor's April 10 veto of Goals 2000 language included in the new state budget.

Democratic leaders argued that Mr. Allen, who enjoys the power to veto line items in the state budget, overstepped his authority in striking the Goals 2000 language, which did...