House Speaker Jim Kreider of Nixa has proclaimed this a week of political amnesty, but he has had plenty of criticism of Republicans of late. Kreider says the minority party in the House has failed to make a meaningful contribution to the budget process. House Republican Leader Catherine Hanaway of Warson Woods saysRepublicans have provided plenty of ideas and she questions Kreider’s contribution to the process. Budget pressures have grown at the Capitol as lawmakers cope with $1-Billion less than they had last year when the drafted a statebudget.