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Senate leader says time is right to reduce House membership

March 9, 2000
By: Laetitia Thompson
State Capital Bureau

The President Pro Tem of the Missouri Senate says the House needs to cut back its membership.

Laetitia Thompson has the story from the state capitol.

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Democratic Senator Ed Quick says now is the time for cuts in the House because term limits are about to change the membership anyway.

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OutCue: "MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE."
Contents: QUICK SAYS IT IS ONE CHANCE IN A LIFETIME TO DO THIS WITHOUT EFFECTING ANY SITTEING MEMBER OF THE HOUSE.

Quick says four million dollars a year would be saved if the House were almost sixty members lighter.

But Senate Republican Leader Steve Elhmann says there are more important issues to consider than Quick's bill.

From Jefferson City, I'm Laetitia Thompson.