Pawlenty vetoes four more bills
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Gov. Tim Pawlenty has added to his growing veto tally with four more strikes.
He has blocked a bill regulating contracts between surrogate mothers and would-be parents.
The "gestational carrier" legislation would have established ground rules for arrangements that are already happening. The bill included requirements that the surrogate be at least 21 and undergo a mental health evaluation.
He also vetoed a bill that would have given adoptive children greater ability to learn the identity of their birth parents.
And the governor vetoed an education finance plan that took money from his pay-for-performance teacher salary program. He also shot down a bill prohibiting Minnesota from implementing a federal driver's license standard, known as Real ID.
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