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10/2/2003 - Kinder says his views on education distorted by governor:
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder is accusing Gov. Holden of distorting his views on school consolidation.
10/2/2003 - Senate President Pro Tem accuses Governor Holden of distorting his record:
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder is accusing Gov. Holden of distorting his views on school consolidation.
9/9/2003 - Republican promise fight on malpractice veto:
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder says lawmakers need to change the entire tort system . . . not just medical malpractice.
9/9/2003 - GOP pushes for record number of overrides:
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder says the Republican leadership hopes to override at least three -- and perhaps as many as six or seven -- of Governor Bob Holden's vetos.
9/8/2003 - Special Session Underway:
"The governor's become somewhat more reasonable in his requests," said Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau. "Let me say the door is not slammed shut."
9/8/2003 - Lawmakers Consider Tax Increases:
Many Republican lawmakers say they oppose the plan...but President Pro Temp Peter Kinder isn't *dismissing* the governor's proposal.
9/17/2003 - Statehouse Bathrooms:
Earlier this year, President Pro Tem Peter Kinder wrote a letter to Gov. Bob Holden asking that the restroom renovations be postponed.
9/10/2003 - Dolan's arrival uncertain:
Senate president pro tem Peter Kinder says that without Dolan the Senate won't be able to override the concealed weapons bill.
9/10/2003 - Dolan Key to Senate Votes, House Overrides Abortion and Weapons Vetoes:
President Pro-Tem Peter Kinder said that he remains confident that the Senate will override the abortion bill veto without Dolan.
9/03/2003 - Kinder Comments about Lieutenant Governor Candidates:
Peter Kinder, the Senate president pro tem, remarked that McCaskill is pushing for Jacob to run to help her bid for governor.
6/5/2003 - Leaders Defend Their Positions on the Budget:
Hundreds of people packed the House galleries to listen to each side present their case. Democratic Governor Bob Holden defended his plan to decrease budget cuts by taxing businesses, cigarettes, and gambling. Senate President Pro Temp Peter Kinder and House Speaker Catherine Hanaway reiterated their belief that higher taxes will hurt the state during this time of economic hardship.
5/8/2003 - Black Senators Say Discrimination is Rampant in the Senate:
But Senate President Pro Temp Peter Kinder says he doesn't use any sort of quota system when he evaluates committee appointees.
5/8/2003 - Senator Mary Bland accuses Senate leadership of discrimination:
Senate leader, Peter Kinder said he was surprised at the charge. Kinder said race and gender are not considerations when choosing committee members.
5/30/2003 - Holden says he thinks top lawmakers will consider tax increases:
Although Holden says he thinks House and Senate leaders are becoming more receptive to the idea of tax increases, Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder says that's not the case.
5/16/2003 - Legislative session ends, still no decision on budget:
"I hope the governor will think twice on his repeated threats to veto tort reform," said Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau.
5/13/2003 - Gov. Bob Holden refuses to confirm a special session:
"In all likelihood, the governor's going to get the budget that has already been passed," said Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau.
5/13/2003 - No Word from the Governor on a Special Session:
The meeting brought House Speaker Catherine Hanaway and Senate President Pro Temp Peter Kinder to the office of Governor Bob Holden.
5/09/2003 - Republicans say safety net intact, despite cuts to Medicaid, disabled:
"We trimmed where we could the bureaucratic waste that needed to be cut and we protected the programs that needed to be protected," said Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau. "I think we have a lot to be proud of."
5/09/2003 - Republicans define agenda for closing week of session:
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, said many of this session's major issues have already passed the legislature, including nursing home regulation, concealed weapons, and 24-hour waiting periods on abortions.
5/08/2003 - Black senators accuse white Republican leaders of being descriminatory:
Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, who appointed members to the budget committee, said such an accusation was simply not true.
5/01/2003 - Abortion bill goes to governor:
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, said abortion issues are among the most controversial the Senate takes up.
4/30/2003 - Bill that would increase fines for nursing homes with violations heads to the governor:
The Senior Care and Protection Act, sponsored by Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, passed the Senate with a unanimous vote Wednesday.
4/30/2003 - Senate narrowly rejects sales, corporate tax increases:
While Democrats and Republicans alike chuckled, a red-faced Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, called the sales tax's approval "an errant voice vote" and hastily passed a measure demanding a revote. When that measure passed, Jacob, acknowledging that his larger tax increase faced certain defeat in a revote, withdrew his proposal.
4/23/2003 - Senate passes $50 million in cuts to higher education:
"None of us likes what we have to do on the budget this year," said President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau. "We're doing the best we can in the most difficult situation in 70 years. We will get through this, and the higher education in our state will as well."
4/22/2003 - Senate Budget Debate Becomes Partisan:
During debate on the budget, Republican leader Peter Kinder pulled out a sticker bearing the initials OTB and placed it on the lapel of his jacket...
4/22/2003 - Senate approves education budget:
"I think Missourians will understand that we've done the best we could for them," said Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, the Senate President Pro Tem. Kinder slapped a large sticker on his lapel - OTB - for On-Time Budget, but this is also an acronym used by critics of Gov. Bob Holden to mean One Term Bob.
4/21/2003 - Governor vows to veto Senate's budget plan:
Despite the governor's veto warning, Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, said lawmakers plan to move ahead with the budget passed by the Appropriations Committee.
4/17/2003 - Republicans look for revenue without tax increases:
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, and House Speaker Catherine Hanaway, R-St. Louis County, met with Gov. Bob Holdon on Tuesday and told him that any tax increases that require voter approval are off the table, Kinder said.
4/14/2003 - Governor Holden lobbies Senators for support of his budget plan:
Senate Pro Tem Peter Kinder says he expects the senate appropriations committee act on the budget this week.
3/3/2003 - Kinder slams Holden for failing to address important economic issues at Jobs Summit:
Senate president pro-tem Peter Kinder says Governor Holden's Jobs Summit missed the mark. Elizabeth Gill reports:
3/3/2003 - Holden side-steps questions about his involvement in gag order issued to state employees:
Senate president pro-tem Peter Kinder says if stonewalling at the Department of Natural Resources continues, subpoenas will be inevitable. Elizabeth Gill reports:
3/10/2003 - Missouri Government News for Week of March 10, 2003:
Clothing, school supplies and personal computers would be sales tax free for three days in August under the proposal. Cities and counties could opt out of the holiday and continue to collect local sales tax. Both Governor Bob Holden and Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder say they support the measure.
3/04/2003 - Republicans seek to investigate DNR gag order:
Hanaway and Senate Pro Tem Peter Kinder sited state law that makes it illegal for any director of a state agency to stop an employee from discussion angecy-related issues with members of the legislature.
2/4/2003 - Republicans craft plan to fix current fiscal year shortfall:
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder says the cuts will be painful--but are necessary.
2/3/2003 - Missouri Government News for Week of February 3, 2003:
JEFFERSON CITY - House Speaker Catherine Hanaway and Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder announced their compromise plan to fix the shortfall in the current year's budget. The proposal calls on borrowing $100 million from tobacco settlement funds along with $250 million in postponed spending and other accounting changes. Hanaway calls the plan "the least worst of several bad alternatives."
2/26/2003 - The Missouri senate voted to prohibit handgun lawsuits:
Senate President Pro Tem, Peter Kinder, D-Cape Girardeau, who sponsored the bill and called these lawsuits "frivolous," said that the manufacturers should in no way be held accountable for deaths or shootings.
2/25/2003 - Senators clear bill that prohibits gun manufacturer lawsuits:
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder says the bill is designed to prevent lawsuits from plugging up Missouri courts. But, opponents say state and local government should be able to get compensation from gun dealers who are negligent in sales and distribution. Kinder says some business is more pressing than unecessary lawsuits.
2/24/2003 - Missouri Government News for Week of February 24, 2003:
Sen. President Pro Tem Peter Kinder wrote the governor Tuesday asking the administration to cancel plans for a $1 million upgrade of restrooms on the Senate side of the Capitol.
2/24/2003 - Plan would keep nursing homes accountable:
The Senior Care and Protection Act, sponsored by Senate Pres Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, would target nursing homes with a history of violations while loosening regulations on homes that have repeatedly demonstrated good conditions.
2/06/2003 - UM curator nominees fail to gain Senate approval:
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, said Walker supported Democrat Mel Carnahan in the 2000 race for the U.S. Senate.
2/04/2003 - Republicans offer alternative to tobacco bonds:
Speaker Catherine Hanaway, R-St. Louis County, and Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, announced a plan that includes $100 million in tobacco money plus $112 million in cuts to balance this year's budget.
1/29/2003 - Lawmakers start a partisan debate about bonds:
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, said the governor should have talked to legislators before issuing his ultimatum Tuesday. Republicans have said they need time to study the governor's proposal to issue 'hybrid' bonds backed in part by the state's future revenue from the tobacco settlement.
1/28/2003 - Holden: education will be cut if lawmakers do not cash tobacco bonds:
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, said he would not vote for the tobacco loans if the vote was held today. He also predicted that there is not enough support in the Seante for the appropration needed to cash the bonds.
1/24/2003 - Legislative Leaders:
President Pro Tem of the Senate Peter Kinder
1/23/2003 - New leadership takes control of Mo. legislature with "enthusiasm, energy and excitement" :
The leadership is also full of members who practice law when they are not serving in the legislature. Hanaway, Crowell, President Pro Tem of the Senate Peter Kinder, Senate Majority Leader Mike Gibbons and Senate Minority Leader Ken Jacob all have law degrees.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of September 29, 2003:
JEFFERSON CITY - Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder released a statement saying the governor twisted his views on education.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of September 1, 2003:
The leading Republican candidate for the job is the Senate's president pro tem, Peter Kinder.

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