In a rebuke to Gov. Rick Scott, the Florida Senate voted to override vetoes of some $75 million in higher-education projects, although House leaders appear reluctant to back the move.

Senate President Joe Negron, R-Stuart, said Scott's $410 million in line-item vetoes in an $82 billion budget passed last month “disproportionately” impacted the higher-education system.

“The Senate has every intention of looking at ways to make sure its higher-education priorities get funded,” Negron said before the Senate took up the veto overrides early Wednesday evening.

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