by admin | Mar 20, 2000 | Health / Medicine
A plan to spend an estimated $6-point-7 Billion coming to Missouri from the national tobacco settlement has passed the House after three hours of, at times, sharp debate.In the end, an 87-to-67 vote sends the issue to the Senate. In between, debate grew sharp as...
by admin | Mar 13, 2000 | News
Emotion, tension, then a partisan vote as the House advances a plan to use Missouri’s portion of the national tobacco settlement for health care and anti-smoking programs. After Democrats block Republican amendments to the tobacco settlement resolution,...
by admin | Mar 13, 2000 | Politics / Govt
Just what issue you will get to decide concerning how the state should handle billions of dollars coming from the national tobacco settlement stirs heated debate in the House. The biggest fight centers on ballot language: whether voters will be given an option of...
