The Senate GOP stonewalling of the issue has led the Democrats to say Republicans do not support transportation reform. Sen. Ted House, D-St.Charles County, pointed out that an average of three people a day died on Missouri's roads.
JEFFERSON CITY - Sen. Ted House, D-St. Charles, wants one-quarter of the state's $6.7 billion tobacco settlement to be distributed to schools on a per student basis.
One of Caskey's amendments would reintroduce the open container provision back into the .08 bill, which would jeopardize the bill, said Sen. Ted House, who sits on the Senate Transportation Committee.
"I was disappointed," Sen. Ted House, D-St. Charles County, said, about the plan's omission from the speech. "Nothing is going to pass without the governor's support."
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