The parking resolution-which sparked more than an hour and a half of debate at the previous meeting Student Government Association meeting-was vetoed at last night’s meeting.

The senate omni bussed two bills to seat new committees and passed another to help the chartering of student organizations.

During special business, Perry vetoed the resolution “to bring parking grievances and possible solutions to the attention of the SGA.” The resolution, after more than an hour of debate, had been amended several times. In the end, the legislation said little, according to senators.

Perry said he made his decision based on the fact that co-authors of the resolution wanted to reconsider it. “I think it’s important to put some more meaning behind this legislation,” Perry said.

Paul Woody, Arts and Sciences senator, clarified why senators passed a bill they thought didn’t say much: “We liked the idea of passing a resolution dealing with parking. I think that we all felt the need to have something better, but we wanted to pass something on this issue.”

Senators explained that the reason the resolution passed was because they wanted to reconsider it at a later time to make it stronger. To do this, senators must vote in the majority of the bill.

“If we cut up a bill and butcher it until there is no meat left and then pass it, I think that we should start over with a better bill,” Woody continued.

The majority of the senate agreed with the veto.

During new business, three bills were passed. Two bills were omni bussed to seat the SGA Leadership scholarship selection committee and the Breummer and Hodes Awards selection committee.

The final bill amended the SGA Constitution to “better organize, coordinate and charter new student organizations.”

During officer reports, Academic Vice President Becky Shelby reported that the results from the faculty course ratings would be posted online by Friday. They are available to help students register for classes on the SGA Web site: sga.slu.edu.