That allowed leery legislators pass the bill. Former Rep. Chris Kelly and Ken Jacob both voted in favor of the bill while former Rep. Jim Pauley voted against SB 380.
The committee chairman, Rep. Ken Jacob, said he had to drop the bill because the House leadership had not given him enough floor time to deal with all the amendments that he expected to be proposed.
Late last night the governor, who was huddling with senators trying to work out a compromise, said he was more confident that an alternative was possible than he has been in a long time. But with only one day left in the legislative session, and such an enormous amount of compromise left to be made, it would take a legislative miracle for any of the alternatives to the income tax refund to make it to the governor's desk. The house sponsor of the grocery tax cut, Columbia's Ken Jacob, ..
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, who sponsored the bill in the House, said that he expects the bill will end up in a conference committee where it will be dramatically changed before it goes to the governor.
The tax cut, proposed by Rep. Ken Jacob, is part of the governor's legislative agenda. It was originally a one-forth cent reduction in the food tax and then evolved to a 2-cent-per dollar reduction. However, when it left the Senate Corrections and General Laws committee last week, it had become an income tax cut for private pensioners and dependents with children.
In other legislative business, the House also gave final approval to the 2% cut in the state sales tax rate on food items. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia has been widely debated in the past couple of weeks, but was passed unanimously Thursday afternoon right as the House finished for the week.
House Ways and Means committee chairman Ken Jacob wants to reduce taxes on groceries, although he says agreement on the tax bill is politically impossible.
Columbia Representative Ken Jacob begged his House colleagues not to load his income tax bill with amendments. He said the House leadership had given him until noon Tuesday to get a vote on the bill. After that, he said, it would be time to move on to other matters. At 11:56 an amendment to add a deduction for private school tuition was raised, and Jacob walked off the floor. Republican Don Lograsso from Kansas City says the time restriction was an artificial attempt to limit debate.
A tax bill that would have increased dependant deductions, and given credit for income from private retirement pensions, has been taken off the House floor by it's sponsor, Columbia Representative Ken Jacob. Jacob said he had until noon Tuesday to get a vote on the bill. He blamed the bill's death on opponents who he drowned it in irrelevant amendments.Actuality: Jacob
JEFFERSON CITY - The first Democrat attempt at full House floor debate on a tax cut bill was shelved Tuesday. The House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, said after the House session he was dropping the bill after Republicans boosted the total price tag.
House Ways and Means Committee chairman Ken Jacob from Columbia said Akin's suggestion is nonsense. Jacob said if Amendment 4 were applied retroactively, ninety percent of the state's revenue might disappear. From Jefferson City, I'm Jack Dolan.
Representatives of both groups say they want Rep. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, to bring his bill that would reduce the state sales tax on groceries by one and three-quarters percent. But the bill is held up in political grid lock.
House members rejected an amendment proposed by Rep. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, that would have allowed for public hearings in communities selected as sites for corporate farms.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Ken Jacobs said a ham and mustard sandwich bought at a grocery store deli, would be taxed at the normal rate. Jacobs added:
The bill that was approved by the committee began as a one-fourth reduction on all sales tax that was proposed by Rep. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia. The final proposal, which was passed unanimously by the committee, would reduce the tax on groceries by one and three-fourth's of a cent.
Instead of paying taxes and the state then redistributing the excesses back to the people, legislators, such as Rep. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, endorse cutting the taxes Missourians pay at the register.
Rep. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, said Carnahan is acting like an education governor. "This is the largest increase in 14 years," Jacob said. "It's the first big step."
Rep. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, said he agrees with the Black Caucus' concerns of being fairly represented in the party. "In my opinion, I think they're absolutely right," he said.
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