Oklahoma Senate overrides GOP governor's vetoes on Native American compacts
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July 23, 2023
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Republican-controlled Oklahoma Senate met in a special session Monday and overrode GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt's vetoes of two bills to extend existing agreements with Native American tribes for another year.
The overrides were the latest development in an ongoing dispute between Stitt and several Oklahoma-based tribes. Stitt, himself a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, wants to renegotiate tribal compacts on the sale of tobacco products and the issuance of motor vehicle tags by tribes.
Several of the state's most powerful tribal leaders were in the gallery during Monday's...
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