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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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Governor Pawlenty has added to his growing veto
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