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FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2012 photo, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez addresses a joint session of the House and Senate at the start of the legislative session in Santa Fe, N.M., Martinez is feuding with the Democratic-controlled Legislature over how New Mexico should spend money on capital projects. The Republican governor contends that lawmakers have doled out too much money on local "pork" projects and she's threatening to veto some of them to drive home her point of view.

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FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2012 photo, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez addresses a joint session of the House and Senate at the start of the legislative session in Santa Fe, N.M., Martinez is feuding with the Democratic-controlled Legislature over how New Mexico should spend money on capital projects. The Republican governor contends that lawmakers have doled out too much money on local "pork" projects and she's threatening to veto some of them to drive home her point of view.