Nixon said that if his vetoes are overridden on those bills, the state would lose about $217 million in the current budget year. Local governments also would lose revenue.

Thanks to the new tax breaks, increased spending and anemic revenue collections, the state budget that legislators sent him was nearly $800 million out of balance, Nixon contends. He vetoed about 200 budget line items outright and froze other spending until state revenue picks up.

He said Thursday that if his vetoes are sustained and revenue improves, his top priority will be to restore $100 million that he withheld from the K-12 public school foundation formula and $43 million that was supposed to provide performance-based funding increases for public colleges and universities.

Republicans control the state Senate with a two-thirds majority. After three new House members are sworn in, that chamber also will have a veto-proof GOP majority, with 110 Republicans, 52 Democrats and one vacancy. Thus, if Republicans stick together, the GOP has more than enough votes for an override.

House leaders have indicated they hope to override many of the budget vetoes.