Topeka ? A group of conservative freshmen Republicans in the House held a meeting with House Speaker Doug Mays to express their displeasure with how some of their fellow Republicans voted in failed attempts to override Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ vetoes.

“People were frustrated over the inability to override,” state Rep. Lance Kinzer, R-Olathe, said Saturday.

On Thursday, the House failed to override three vetoes by Sebelius, a Democrat.

The conservative group was especially angry that the House failed to override Sebelius’ veto of a bill that would have imposed new regulations on abortion clinics. The override attempt fell two votes short of the 84 votes, or two-thirds’ majority, that is needed.

Thirteen Republicans voted against the override, including heads of several committees.

Some legislators had said privately that the conservative freshmen asked Mays, a Topeka Republican, to remove those Republicans’ chairmanships.

But Kinzer denied that was the case. “The purpose of the meeting was to seek advice from the speaker on what we could do in the future” to get the votes needed to override a veto, he said.