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11/08/2001 - Kinder Responds to Fifth Senate Staff Resignation:
JEFFERSON CITY - The last in a recent string of resignations from the Missouri Senate Research division has President Pro-Tem Peter Kinder to respond to Democratic accusations of being the cause of the loss of manpower.
10/23/2001 - Kinder's recent hiring decisions under attack:
JEFFERSON CITY - Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, criticized the hiring and firing decisions of Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder Tuesday and called for the Republican to either step down or change his tactics.
10/23/2001 - Senate President Pro Tem under fire for hiring:
Some of Missouri's Democratic Senators are mad because they say Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder is trying to make the Senate Staff partisan. Sara Lane has more from Jefferson City.
9/3/2001 - Missouri Government News for Week of September 3, 2001:
President Pro Tem Sen. Peter Kinder said any bills coming out of the state House may be "constitutionally vulnerable" if all the 163 House members are not there.
9/24/2001 - Missouri Government News for Week of September 24, 2001:
JEFFERSON CITY - Sen. Peter Kinder, President Pro Tem of the Senate, filed a lawsuit Monday against Gov. Bob Holden to undo the governor's executive order that grants unions the right to seek service fees from non-union state employees.
9/24/2001 - Lawmakers file a lawsuit seeking to repeal governor's executive order:
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder filed a lawsuit seeking to repeal Governor Holden's executive order.
9/24/2001 - Senate President Pro Tem Sues Governor:
"Governors are not kings; they are temporarily elected custodians of the executive branch, and it is legislators who, acting through the legislative process... make laws, not governors who do that by decree," said Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau.
9/24/2001 - Holden Names New Chief of Staff:
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, said he has always been able to get along with Hartmann.
9/12/2001 - Business as Usual in Jefferson City After Terror:
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, said the Senate has a "firm resolve to do the work of the people."
9/11/2001 - Missouri Lawmakers Respond to Terrorist Attacks:
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder expressed his views on the horrific event.
9/04/2001 - Kinder questions legality of state House policy:
President Pro Tem Sen. Peter Kinder said any House bills in the special session may be "constitutionally vulnerable" if the all 163 House members are not there.
8/30/2001 - No State Layoffs From Budget Withholdings:
But some GOP legislators, among them Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder and House Floor Leader Catherine Hanaway, have expressed concern over Holden's use of executive order to institute the withholdings.
8/27/2001 - Sen. Jean Carnahan hears elderly urge that Medicare cover prescription drugs.:
President Pro Tem of the Missouri Senate, Peter Kinder, would not comment on Sen. Carnahan's visit, but he commented on Missouri's efforts to reform rising drug costs.
8/22/2001 - Union Order Review:
She said she had talked about such an effort with the top Senate leader, Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau.
8/20/2001 - Missouri Government News for Week of August 20, 2001:
JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri's Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder says he is considering seeking subpoenas to investigate government Holden's executive order about collective bargaining.
8/13/2001 - Missouri Government News for Week of August 13, 2001:
JEFFERSON CITY - Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, has created a special interim committee to investigate the governor's executive order that opens the door for unions to seek fees from non-union state government workers.
5/9/2001 - Governor Holden met with top leaders of the legislature:
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder says the leaders of both houses are committed to passing final bills related to redistricting and the budget by the end of the week. The deadline for passing the budget within the Missouri constitution is Friday.
5/7/2001 - Missouri Government News for Week of May 7, 2001:
JEFFERSON CITY - Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder says the governor's name-calling is ridiculous.
5/7/2001 - Missouri Government News for Week of May 7, 2001:
President Pro Tem Peter Kinder says no deal has been made in regards to the Governor's transportation plan.
5/3/2001 - The leader of the Senate says the governor has been disrespectful:
Senate leader, Peter Kinder, replaced the governor's transportation plan with a proposal of his own.
5/18/2001 - General Assembly ends session:
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, who led opposition to Holden's plan, said he would work for a compromise and bring up the issue next year. Flanked by GOP leaders, Kinder said he would take the lead.
5/18/2001 - Kinder defends the Senate Republicans from Holden's accusations:
Minutes after Governor Bob Holden accused Senate Republicans of betraying the will of people by killing his transportation tax package, President Pro Tem Peter Kinder says he'll lead the Missouri government to a compromise.
5/10/2001 - Kings of Their Domain:
Knowing that victory is almost theirs, the Republicans camp out in Sen. Peter Kinder's office, R-Cape Girardeau. They are lit with the glow of newly acquired power.
5/02/2001 - New Members are approved for apportionment committees.:
"This has been a difficult situation and I think that we are all looking forward to putting it behind us," said Peter Kinder, president pro tem of the senate.
4/30/2001 - Missouri Government News for Week of April 30, 2001:
JEFFERSON CITY - Sen. Peter Kinder replaced the governor's transportation plan with a Republican plan in the Senate Transportation Committee.
4/26/2001 - A transportation plan is headed to the Senate floor:
The Transportation Committee was looking at the governor's transportation plan, which incorporates one of the largest tax increases in state history, but they voted to change the plan a little. The new plan would have a 5 cent gas tax increase instead of a 3 cent but would decrease the sales tax from the governor's plan. Voters would have to approve the plan and that's the problem according to Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder.
4/23/2001 - Missouri Government News for Week of April 23, 2001:
JEFFERSON CITY - Senate Republican leader, Peter Kinder accuses Gov. Bob Holden of trying to cut a deal over redistricting the state's legislative districts.
4/23/2001 - Democrats Beware! Bush's lawyer comes to the aid of the Missouri Senate:
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.
4/18/2001 - A controversial bill is on its way to the governer's desk:
President Pro-Tem, Peter Kinder, says the controversy in the House was related to campaign promises.
4/16/2001 - Missouri Government News for Week of April 16, 2001:
JEFFERSON CITY - Gov. Holden will announce his appointees for the House and Senate Redistricting Commissions this week, after last weeks accusations from Republican Peter Kinder that he was holding the appointment for votes on his transportation plan.
4/16/2001 - Gov. Holden's new appointee to Social Services wants to shake up the department.:
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, agreed. "I oversaw her confirmation and we have worked together nicely so far. I hope she does as well as her promise indicates."
4/12/2001 - Accusations fly after closed-door meeting with Holden, top Republicans:
In an account disputed by the governor's office, Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder said Holden made the offer during a closed-door meeting that also included House Minority Leader Catherine Hanaway, R-Warson Woods.
4/12/2001 - The Republican leader of the Senate and the Governor are giving differing accounts of what happened behind closed doors:
But this opinion by the Attorney General pleased Peter Kinder the Republican leader of the Senate.
4/11/2001 - Spread of meth production spurs tougher laws:
Frustrated, Harrison lobbied Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, to sponsor legislation that would impose minimum sentences for those convicted of producing methamphetamine. Meyers is sponsoring similar legislation in the House.
3/19/2001 - After a weekend of suspense, the Senate finally fires six employees.:
JEFFERSON CITY -After a weekend full of waiting and wondering, Senate employees now know their fate. On Monday, the office of Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, released the names of the six people fired.
3/19/2001 - Six members of the Senate staff fired:
The announcement came from Republican Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder's office. Six Senate staffers were fired, reducing the number of Senate staffers from 211 to 205. Kinder says the staffers were fired to save taxpayers money.
3/15/2001 - Blind Senator's assistant is under fire:
President Pro Tem Peter Kinder says the staff reductions are a matter of fairness.
3/06/2001 - Holden transportation plan hits Republican opposition:
In addition to Westfall's resistance, the Republican President Pro Tem, Sen. Peter Kinder, said his initial response to the plan was "cool."
3/01/2001 - Guns dominate the statehouse agenda:
Before the Senate was a bill introduced by Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau. It would prohibit state or local government from suing firearms or ammunition manufacturers.
3/01/2001 - Republican Senate begins cuts:
The order to fire came from the Administration Committee, a five-member, Republican-controlled Senate committee that is chaired by the new President Pro Tem, Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau. It controls the hiring and firing of approximately 50 Senate employees like Hildebrand.
2/5/2001 - Missouri Government News for Week of February 5, 2001:
JEFFERSON CITY - Republican Peter Kinder, Senate president pro tem, offered an amendment Tuesday to the .08 drunk driving bill that the bill's sponsor said will be a "killer amendment" to .08's passage.
2/15/2001 - As Senate leader, Kinder emerges as a passionate conservative:
But with his father's death last summer and his election as president pro tem, the top post of the Senate, colleagues -- including even one of his harshest critics -- say Peter Kinder has tempered that drive and seasoned it with compassion.
2/15/2001 - Missouri House OK's DWI Bill:
On the other side, the state Democratic Party had criticism for Republicans. Earlier this week, the party attacked Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, president pro tem of the Republican-controlled Senate, for his handling of .08.
2/13/2001 - House one step closer to .08:
The first amendment, sponsored by Greisheimer, failed by a voice vote. The amendment proposed the same two-year delay of .08's imposition that was proposed last week in the Senate by President Pro Tem Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau.
2/12/2001 - Missouri Government News for Week of February 12, 2001:
But with his father's death last summer and his election as president pro tem, the top post of the Senate, collegues -- including even one of his harshest critics -- say Peter Kinder has tempered that drive and seasoned it with compassion.
2/06/2001 - .08 bill hits some opposition:
Republican Sen. Peter Kinder has proposed an amendment that would delay by two years the activation of a bill to lower the legal threshold for drunk driving from .10% to .08% blood alcohol content.
1/30/2001 - Holden proposes education initiatives in State of State address:
"I generally take a dim view of it," said Senate President Pro Tem, Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau.
1/24/2001 - Republicans take Missouri Senate:
"I am humbled and gratified to the people of Missouri," President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, said outside his State Capitol office. "We have a lot to live up to."
1/22/2001 - Pay Plan Rejected:
The resolution against the pay increase was sponsored by southwest Missouri Republican Peter Kinder:
- Missouri Government News for Week of February 19, 2001:
Sen. Peter Kinder, R-Cape Girardeau, fulfilled a promise to make urban education a priority by calling attention to the "crisis" in the Kansas City and St. Louis school districts.
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