By Alanna Durkin, The Associated Press
AUGUSTA, Maine - Republican Gov. Paul LePage's administration is asking a legislative office to stop writing certain bills into law until the debate over the governor's veto powers is settled.
LePage says the Constitution allows him to veto several bills on his desk when lawmakers return to Augusta. But lawmakers say the governor is wrong. Typically, bills become law if the governor doesn't take action on them in 10 days.
Cynthia Montgomery, chief legal counsel to LePage, said in a letter on Friday that the Revisor's Office shouldn't process any of the bills in question into law and that LePage plans to seek a legal solution to the matter.
Several lawmakers have asked Attorney General Janet Mills to weigh in on the issue. Mills' spokesman declined to comment on Friday.