When first called out on his mistake, Bahr called senators out of order and told them to file a case with the student court if they object with his decision.

Sunday night's first Student Association senate meeting of the academic year had the senate butting heads with Speaker Daniel Bahr over an overriding veto vote.

President Rob Grover vetoed the Senate Appropriations Committee Bylaw Revisions that was approved at the last SA senate meeting. He spoke against the specific bylaw that requires students holding office in any student organization to carry a minimum of eight credits at UWM in order to obtain funds from SAC.

"UWM's student body is the most diverse in the UW system and if this bill is overridden, then we are ignoring part of the student population (those under eight credits)," Grover said.

The debate intensified when Bahr cut Grover off when Grover confirmed that Grover had never been a part of SAC and did not think he had authority over others who have served on SAC.

In order to override the veto, the senate had to come to two-thirds majority. The vote came in at 15-8, which was only 65 percent of the majority. However, Bahr stated that the override passed.

When first called out on his mistake, Bahr called senators out of order and told them to file a case with the student court if they object with his decision. After a 20-minute break, Bahr came back to explain his reasoning of calling an override pass because it was 15.3 votes needed for the majority and he rounded down. He repealed his decision and will take it up with the interim Chief Justice Mike Roberts.

Legislation passed to revise the requirement for Senator of the Month. The new legislation states that the executive branch needs to have specific reasons and proof for naming senator of the month. In addition, the executive branch may no longer vote via email since that is not legally recognized in the state of Wisconsin.

Also during the meeting, the Union Bookstore Director, Erik Hemming, talked on the behalf of Sen. Brian Bromberek as to the importance of early textbook adoption to help save money for students.

Members for this year's SFC are: Sen. Russel Scott, Sen. Chris Harron, Sen. Dustin Wales, Sen. Tyler Draheim, Sen. Joe Ohler, Sen. Zach Nesgoda, Sen. Bromberek, and Sen. Alex Anderson. There are still five-seats to be appointed, two by Bahr and three by Grover.

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