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04.27.2009 4:06 pm

Republicans advance tax cut; Democrats walk out

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau

JEFFERSON CITY — Democrats staged a walkout today when Republicans bypassed normal House procedures to advance a proposal cutting the state income tax.

The fracas took place in the House Rules Committee, which was reviewing the GOP’s new proposal giving Missourians…

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04.23.2009 4:11 pm

Missouri House will work almost exclusively on Senate bills starting next week

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

JEFFERSON CITY — With only three weeks left of session, any bill that hasn’t gotten out of the first chamber is probably dead.

And even most of the bills passed through the House this week won’t get floor time in the…

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03.25.2009 10:02 am

More Missouri Twitter-ers

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If you’re getting annoyed with all the talk of Twitter, move along to the next post.

But in Jake Wagman’s last post about Twitter, a commenter asked which legislators have Twitter accounts. Below is a list, although probably not comprehensive, of the Missouri public officials I…

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03.12.2009 5:57 pm

Missouri House wraps up for spring break, reflects on first half

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

JEFFERSON CITY – Today marks the first day of spring break for Missouri legislators, which is about the midpoint of the session, and at a press conference this afternoon, the political parties seemed to have vastly different interpretations of what has happened so…

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01.15.2009 1:02 pm

Missouri House passes rules, gives a taste of the debate to come

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In one of the first steps toward getting down to business, the House of Representatives passed the rules that will govern their body today.

Although the debate was heated at points, the tone of the discussion perhaps foreshadowed the success —…

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