by Jessica Machetta | Sep 11, 2013 | News
Gov. Jay Nixon today applauded the Missouri House of Representatives for sustaining his veto of House Bill 253, which he vetoed in June. Nixon has been traveling the state for the past few months warning Missourians that the bill had an “unaffordable price...
by Jessica Machetta | Sep 11, 2013 | News
Missouri National Education Association President Charles Smith, a teacher on leave from the Center School District, issued the following statement in response to the Missouri House’s decision not to override Governor Nixon’s veto of House Bill 253. “Today a...
by Jessica Machetta | Sep 11, 2013 | News
The We Are Missouri coalition issued the following statement in response to the failed vote to override Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of SB29, a bill that would prevent unions from withholding union dues from workers’ paychecks. Supporters of the measure called the...
by Jessica Machetta | Sep 11, 2013 | Politics / Govt
Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a tax-cut bill has been upheld as the House fails to get enough votes to override. Lawmakers were not able to secure the 109 votes necessary to override the veto, coming up 15 votes short. “We knew going into this campaign that an override...
by Jessica Machetta | Sep 11, 2013 | News, Politics / Govt
The long-debated tax-cut bill has failed in the House. Veto session began at noon today, with the House and Senate voting to override several bills, leaving others to fail. The final vote in the House on House Bill 253 was 97 to 67. Meantime, the Senate is duscussing...
