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12/6/1995 - Secret Ballot Rejected:
The request was made by Rep. Beth Long, R-Laddonia. On Friday, Long wrote a letter to House Speaker Bob Griffin requesting a secret ballot for the Speaker of the House election.
11/COURT/WHILTE WILL BE JUDGED IN A STATEWIDE RETENTION VOTE NOV. 5, 1996. IF HE PASSES THROUGH T - Missouri Government News for Week of Oct. 23:
Current speaker, Rep. Bob Griffin, D-Cameron, announced this summer that he would step down at the beginning of the 1996 legislative session. Griffin is being investigated for his ties with gambling companies.
11/9/1995 - Anti-Abortion Forces Gain House Victory:
Democrats selected Rep. Sam Leake, D-Laddonia, a farmer and businessman to replace House Speaker Bob Griffin who has plans to step down in Jaunary.
11/08/1995 - House Speaker Still Quitting:
Despite being cleared of wrongdoing by three leading state prosecutors, House Speaker Bob Griffin is still stepping down. Tomorrow (Wednesday) House Democrats will meet behind closed doors to elect Griffin's successor. Candyce Clifft has that story from Jefferson City...
10/16/1995 - Speaker Campaigns Limited:
The current speaker, Rep. Bob Griffin, D-Cameron, announced in the summer the he would step down when the 1996 legislative session begins. Griffin, who has served 15 years as House speaker _ the longest reign in Missouri history _ is the subject of investigations relating to his ties with gambling companies.
9/14/1995 - Abortion Compromise Offered:
House Speaker Bob Griffin, D-Cameron, has announced that he will resign in January. Griffin had sought to block debate on abortion for several years.
9/14/1995 - Griffin to Wait:
JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri House Speaker Bob Griffin won't be hanging up his gloves as soon as expected. On Wednesday, Griffin announced that he is pushing back his resignation until January.
9/12/1995 - History of Veto Sessions:
There may be talk about who will run for House Speaker once Bob Griffin, D-Cameron, resigns, but those will involve private discussions away from the TV cameras.
9/12/1995 - Training Gambling Sidetracked:
House Speaker Bob Griffin, D-Cameron, appointed a committee to work out the plan's details. So far, they have met once to decide when and where the next hearings will take place.
9/09/1995 - Abortion Fight Abandoned:
While it would seem Wednesday's veto session will be relatively boring, extensive private discussions are expected by House Democrats on a successor to House Speaker Bob Griffin, D-Cameron.
9/01/1995 - Gambling on the Rails:
House Speaker Bob Griffin has appointed a committee to examine the idea. The committee, which Mays will chair, is scheduled to start holding hearings in St. Louis, Kansas City and Jefferson City sometime this month. Loss limits, the types of gaming and regulations are among the details that need to be worked out.
5/12/1995 - Precidents in 1995 Session:
* The House speaker is under a federal criminal investigation with FBI agents interviewing lawmakers in the Capitol during the session. Details: The U.S. Justice Department continued its investigation into House Speaker Bob Griffin, D-Cameron, throughout the entire session. Late in the session, FBI agents appear at the Capitol to interview lawmakers about why a Democrat switched his vote in January's House leadership election that assured Griffin's re-election as speaker.
5/12/1995 - Health Regulation Bombs in Legislature:
House Speaker Bob Griffin, D-Cameron, sponsored legislation in the 1993 session to provide grants to assist public school health services. The grants were supposed to have been funded by taxes on cigarettes, but by this session additional funds were needed to continue the grants.
5/12/1995 - Republicans Dominate Legislature:
With help from a few maverick Democrats, House Republicans nearly unseated seven-term House Speaker Bob Griffin. The bigger, more vocal minority later joined with anti-abortion Democrats to bring action in the House to a halt.
5/12/1995 - Juvenile Criminals Targeted:
"The time has come when we can no longer accept that being young in years means being young in responsibility to society," said House Speaker Bob Griffin, D-Cameron.
5/08/1995 - Governor Wins Veto Override Test:
"Do you know any other category that we're No. 1 in?" asked House Speaker Bob Griffin, D-Cameron.
5/08/1995 - Speaker's Power Wanes:
For much of this legislative session, House Speaker Bob Griffin has seemed like the amateur box he once was. Critics describe him like a fighter who has passed past his prime and should have gotten out of the ring long ago _ but hasn't.
5/04/1995 - Wedding in House:
"Yes," answered House Speaker Bob Griffin. "But within three days," Griffin added, referring to legislative rules that impose a three-day time limit for a reconsideration motion.
5/02/1995 - Abortion Restrictions Pass:
In the lower chamber, House Speaker Bob Griffin conceded defeat in the effort to allow family planning money to Planned Parenthood.
4/23/1995 - Abortion Restrictions Clear House:
Finally, they simply voted to over-rule the House speaker and take up the bill (See rollcall vote on overruling the chair). It was the first time in his 15 years as speaker that Bob Griffin had one of his rulings overridden by the chamber.
4/14/1995 - Anti-Abortion Filibuster in House:
In fact, abortion has become such an all-encompassing issue that House Speaker Bob Griffin said the sole thing he is concerned about passing is the budget, indicating that little else might get done.
3/28/1995 - Committee Says Yes to Just-Say-No to Lobbyists:
House Speaker Bob Griffin, D-Cameron, said he supported the bill. "My preference would be to eliminate all gifts. I think these activities and receptions are a terrible waste of money," Griffin said.
2/08/1995 - Anti-Griffin Democrat Expelled:
JEFFERSON CITY _ At the instigation of House Speaker Bob Griffin, the House Democratic Caucus expelled one of their own members _ one month after the freshman representative opposed the beleaguered speaker's re-election.
1/25/1995 - GOP Bills Dominating:
House Assistant Minority Leader Zane Yates, R-Oakville, said that putting Republican legislation first on many committees' agendas was House Speaker Bob Griffin's attempt to make it look like Democrats are giving Republicans better treatment.
1/13/1995 - Juvenile Crime Top Legislative Priority:
``The time has come when we can no longer accept that being young in years means being young in responsibility to society,'' said Rep. Bob Griffin, D-Cameron.
1/11/1995 - Speaker's Powers Challanged:
JEFFERSON CITY _ Although House Democrats got the one vote necessary to break the 81-81 vote deadlock and re-elect Bob Griffin as Speaker, representatives are still locked up in a fight over the rules defining the powers that come with that position.
1/06/1995 - Balanced Budget Raises Concerns:
Senate President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson, D-Sedalia, and House Speaker Bob Griffin, D-Cameron, have pledged to present resolutions to enter Missouri into a national conference to discuss how to maintain a balance between the federal and state governments in both rights and responsibilities.
- Missouri Government News for Week of Dec. 4:
Rep. Beth Long sent a letter to Speaker Bob Griffin to request a secret ballot in the upcoming speaker election.
- Missouri Government News for Week of November 6:
House Speaker Bob Griffin said he will still step down despite being cleared of criminal charges by three of the state's major prosecutors. Griffin said he doesn't think his reputation has been damaged by the investigation.
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