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Johnson's veto of bid to curtail his borrowing power survives override try — by one vote

After an emotional and racially charged debate, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s fourth veto survived an attempted override Wednesday, preventing the City Council from making it more difficult to issue city debt by raising the threshold for approval from 26 votes to 30 votes. Retiring Ald. Marty Quinn (13th), who championed the