In a statement released Thursday, Missouri's Speaker of the House, Jim Kreider, expressed his support of the 1999 law because of the protection it provides smaller state farmers from unfair competition with larger organizations.
In a statement released Thursday, Missouri's Speaker of the House, Jim Kreider, expressed his support of the 1999 law because of the protection it provides smaller state farmers from unfair competition with larger organizations.
He added that he has not spoken about the issue yet with the House leadership, including Speaker of the House Rep. Jim Kreider and House Majority Leader Catherine Hanaway.
It was clear that many lawmakers were anxious for the session to end. House members threw their papers in the air shortly after Speaker Jim Kreider struck his gavel to close the session.
"Republicans," said House Speaker Jim Kreider, D-Nixa, "have put partisan politics ahead of the interests of the people and are trying to shut down state government."
Lurie is suing Gov. Bob Holden, Secretary of State Matt Blunt, Speaker of the House Jim Kreider and Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, for a denial of equal protection of the law as guaranteed by the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
Sponsored by the two highest ranking members in the Democratically controlled House, Speaker Jim Kreider, D-Nixa, and Majority Floor Leader Wayne Crump, D-Potosi, the plan would allow gun owners who undergo training and get a license to carry a concealed firearm.
Many legislators found themselves violating campaign promises to use the tobacco money for health care and smoking cessation. Speaker Jim Kreider, D-Nixa, changed his position and voted for the measure.
JEFFERSON CITY - In just a matter of minutes, both Gov. Bob Holden and Speaker of the House Jim Kreider made statements signaling a difficult path for the ballpark proposal.
Sponsored by the two highest ranking members in the Democratically controlled House, Speaker Jim Kreider, D-Nixa, and Majority Floor Leader Wayne Crump, D-Potosi, the plan would allow gun owners who undergo training and get a license to carry a concealed firearm.
"That's the one to watch...the one the House has picked as its transportation bill," said House Speaker Rep. Jim Kreider, D-Nixa. "Wiggins' bill is a good place to start."
The Democratic Speaker of the House, Rep. Jim Kreider, from Nixa, said Holden's plan would ultimately need Republican support before it could pass the legislature. It could likely pass the House without Republicans, but it would need bipartisan support in the Senate.
Missouri House Speaker Jim Kreider, D-Nixa, and House Minority Leader Catherine Hanaway, R-Warson Woods, held a joint press conference Monday touting the spirit of bipartisanship.
"I own a gun and at times I carry a gun--and I'm a Democrat," said House Speaker Jim Kreider, D-Nixa. "Missouri Democrats are fiercely independent. We still believe in the traditions and freedoms that built this country," he said.
JEFFERSON CITY - House Speaker Jim Kreider faulted law enforcement agencies Tuesday for failing to provide public schools with forfeiture funds, saying it may be necessary to police the police when it comes to criminal seizures.
Fifteen of Holden's fellow Democrats voted against his request, including House Speaker Jim Kreider, D-Nixa. Kreider said that while he supported the governor's effort, the governor had failed to win over enough Republicans to make it a bipartisan effort.
Gov. Bob Holden "knows the way I stand and he knows I'm sticking to my guns that this has to be a bipartisan effort or it's going back to the table," said House Speaker Jim Kreider, D-Nixa. Kreider voted no with 14 other Democrats and 72 Republicans on the governor's plan to use $127 million of tobacco settlement money owed to the state to help balance the budget. Only one Republican voted yes. The plan was part of an amendment to the supplemental budget bill.
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