North Carolina lawmakers pass curbs on incoming Democratic governorRALEIGH, N.C. (Reuters) - North Carolina’s Republican-dominated legislature passed a series of measures on Friday to curtail the executive authority of Democratic Governor-elect Roy Cooper just weeks before he is to succeed a Republican in the executive mansion. The bills, passed in the last hours of a special “lame duck” session called to help victims of Hurricane Matthew, strip the governor from the power to make cabinet appointments without Senate confirmation, name people to be trustees of the University of North Carolina and the ability to control hiring for about 1,200 state employees. “What is happening now may look like partisan political games, but the result will hurt North Carolinians,” Cooper said on Twitter Friday. He has threatened to sue the Republican-dominated legislature and the outgoing Republican governor, adding that “the courts will have to clean up the mess the legislature made.” Cooper beat incumbent Republican Governor Pat McCrory by a razor-thin 10,000 vote margin in a hard-fought election whose results took a full month to count before a winner was announced Dec. 8. McCrory on Friday signed one of the measures, lessening the governor’s control over the state elections board, and is expected to approve the latest actions before turning over the weakened office to Cooper on Jan. 7. Republican lawmakers called the changes justified by the state’s constitution and meant as a check on executive power. “This bill is a good step forward in reasserting legislative authority vested by the constitution and entrusted to the members of this body,” Representative David Lewis, a Republican and a sponsor of the bill, said during debate on Thursday. The legislation and related bills came as a surprise, filed late on Wednesday on the heels of a special session of the General Assembly called to consider relief for Hurricane Matthew victims. Their introduction and passage led to protests in both House and Senate chambers.  “The process, the content the intention of these bills, they are an affront to the values of our democracy,” said Ticie Rhodes, 57, of Raleigh, retired teacher and counselor who was protesting with her church. Thirty-nine protesters were arrested on Friday, including a man in a Santa Claus suit, Raleigh television station WRAL reported. Reuters was not able to immediately reach General Assembly Police Chief Martin Brock for comment.  McCrory praised the elections bill on Friday, saying it “lays important groundwork to ensure a fair and ethical election process in North Carolina.” But Cooper has said they would curtail his ability to improve health care, education and the environment for North Carolinians. politicsNews
north carolina lawmakers pass curb incoming democratic governorraleigh reuters north carolina legislature passed series measures friday curtail executive authority democratic roy cooper weeks succeed republican executive mansion the bills passed last hours special lame duck session called help victims hurricane matthew strip governor power make cabinet appointments without senate confirmation name people trustees university north carolina ability control hiring state employees what happening may look like partisan political games result hurt north carolinians cooper said twitter friday he threatened sue legislature outgoing republican governor adding courts clean mess legislature cooper beat incumbent republican governor pat mccrory vote margin election whose results took full month count winner announced mccrory friday signed one measures listening governor control state elections board expected approve latest actions turning weakened office cooper republican lawmakers called changes justified state constitution meant check executive power this bill good step forward asserting legislative authority vested constitution entrusted members body representative david lewis republican sponsor bill said debate thursday the legislation related bills came surprise filed late wednesday heels special session general assembly called consider relief hurricane matthew victims their introduction passage led protests house senate chambers the process content intention bills front values democracy said title rhodes leigh retired teacher counselor protesting church protesters arrested friday including man santa class suit leigh television station oral reported reuters able immediately reach general assembly police chief martin brock comment mccrory praised elections bill friday saying lays important groundwork ensure fair ethical election process north but cooper said would curtail ability improve health care education environment north carolinians politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: North Carolina lawmakers pass curbs on incoming Democratic governorRALEIGH, N.C. (Reuters) - North Carolina’s Republican-dominated legislature passed a series of measures on Friday to curtail the executive authority of Democratic Governor-elect Roy Cooper just weeks before he is to succeed a Republican in the executive mansion. The bills, passed in the last hours of a special “lame duck” session called to help victims of Hurricane Matthew, strip the governor from the power to make cabinet appointments without Senate confirmation, name people to be trustees of the University of North Carolina and the ability to control hiring for about 1,200 state employees. “What is happening now may look like partisan political games, but the result will hurt North Carolinians,” Cooper said on Twitter Friday. He has threatened to sue the Republican-dominated legislature and the outgoing Republican governor, adding that “the courts will have to clean up the mess the legislature made.” Cooper beat incumbent Republican Governor Pat McCrory by a razor-thin 10,000 vote margin in a hard-fought election whose results took a full month to count before a winner was announced Dec. 8. McCrory on Friday signed one of the measures, lessening the governor’s control over the state elections board, and is expected to approve the latest actions before turning over the weakened office to Cooper on Jan. 7. Republican lawmakers called the changes justified by the state’s constitution and meant as a check on executive power. “This bill is a good step forward in reasserting legislative authority vested by the constitution and entrusted to the members of this body,” Representative David Lewis, a Republican and a sponsor of the bill, said during debate on Thursday. The legislation and related bills came as a surprise, filed late on Wednesday on the heels of a special session of the General Assembly called to consider relief for Hurricane Matthew victims. Their introduction and passage led to protests in both House and Senate chambers.  “The process, the content the intention of these bills, they are an affront to the values of our democracy,” said Ticie Rhodes, 57, of Raleigh, retired teacher and counselor who was protesting with her church. Thirty-nine protesters were arrested on Friday, including a man in a Santa Claus suit, Raleigh television station WRAL reported. Reuters was not able to immediately reach General Assembly Police Chief Martin Brock for comment.  McCrory praised the elections bill on Friday, saying it “lays important groundwork to ensure a fair and ethical election process in North Carolina.” But Cooper has said they would curtail his ability to improve health care, education and the environment for North Carolinians. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: north carolina lawmakers pass curb incoming democratic governorraleigh reuters north carolina legislature passed series measures friday curtail executive authority democratic roy cooper weeks succeed republican executive mansion the bills passed last hours special lame duck session called help victims hurricane matthew strip governor power make cabinet appointments without senate confirmation name people trustees university north carolina ability control hiring state employees what happening may look like partisan political games result hurt north carolinians cooper said twitter friday he threatened sue legislature outgoing republican governor adding courts clean mess legislature cooper beat incumbent republican governor pat mccrory vote margin election whose results took full month count winner announced mccrory friday signed one measures listening governor control state elections board expected approve latest actions turning weakened office cooper republican lawmakers called changes justified state constitution meant check executive power this bill good step forward asserting legislative authority vested constitution entrusted members body representative david lewis republican sponsor bill said debate thursday the legislation related bills came surprise filed late wednesday heels special session general assembly called consider relief hurricane matthew victims their introduction passage led protests house senate chambers the process content intention bills front values democracy said title rhodes leigh retired teacher counselor protesting church protesters arrested friday including man santa class suit leigh television station oral reported reuters able immediately reach general assembly police chief martin brock comment mccrory praised elections bill friday saying lays important groundwork ensure fair ethical election process north but cooper said would curtail ability improve health care education environment north carolinians politicsnews