Lafayette Daily Advertiser Louisiana's first veto override session in modern history is all but inevitable with every Republican leader in the GOP-dominated House and Senate supporting returning to the Capitol to challenge Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards' vetoes. Senate President Page Cortez of Lafayette, House Speaker Clay Schexnayder of Gonzales and three key Republican caucus chairs — Senate GOP Chair Sharon Hewitt of Slidell, House GOP Chair Blake Miguez of Erath and Conservative Caucus Chair Jack McFarland of Winnfield — all support an override session. Ironically, veto sessions are automatic unless lawmakers opt out by sending in ballots to the House and Senate clerks, which they have done every time since the new Louisiana Constitution was ratified in 1974.