JEFFERSON CITY - A group of members with the Women's Business Enterprise brought their concerns to state officials at a conference sponsored by Minority Leader Catherine Hanaway. The organizations help women-owned businesses in Missouri get state contracts.
His action drew an immediate attack from the House GOP leader, Catherine Hanaway. "Missouri's tobacco settlement funds should be used for what they were intended, not to plug holes in the state's bloated budget," she said.
But the House's GOP leader, Catherine Hanaway, said that the redistricting was evenhanded, and gave "fair and equal opportunity for all parties to have influence."
JEFFERSON CITY - A group of members with the Women's Business Enterprise brought their concerns to state officials at a conference sponsored by Minority Leader Catherine Hanaway. The organizations help women-owned businesses in Missouri get state contracts.
"Ratifying the ERA at the state level is really pointless at this time," said Rep. Catherine Hanaway, R-Warson Woods, in a phone interview. "It seems silly to waste time on something that will have no legal effect."
He added that he has not spoken about the issue yet with the House leadership, including Speaker of the House Rep. Jim Kreider and House Majority Leader Catherine Hanaway.
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.
House GOP leader Catherine Hanaway said Wednesday she is considering a petition campaign to include the issue in the legislature's Sept. 5 special session.
JEFFERSON CITY - Rep. Catherine Hanaway, R-St. Louis County, said she had talked with the Senate's top leader about the possibility, but that no final decisions had been made.
Republicans said they will study the issue more and focus on new ways to pay for the plan. House Minority Floor Leader Catherine Hanaway said she is proud that lawmakers didn't force tax increases on the people.
Packed with legislators, the Republican's office is engulfed in a haze of cigar smoke. Even Rep. Catherine Hanaway, R-St. Louis County -- the highest-ranking Republican in the Democratic controlled state House and the only woman in the Republican leadership -- slowly closes her eyes and leans her head back while she sucks on the cigar.
"Of all the things we have spent time on, I certainly believed redististricting deserved more than two hours," said Minority Floor Leader Catherine Hanaway, R-St. Louis County. "Our members deserved the ability to fully participate in the process and the net result is a map that is partisan."
"This is the second year we've worked on what should not be a controversial issue," said Rep. Catherine Hanaway, R-Warson Woods, sponsor of the anti-bestiality amendment.
Republicans have called the governor's $747 million plan the "jumbo jet" of tax hikes. The plan and a companion bill have already passed the Democratic-controlled House, prompting the House Minority Floor Leader, Rep. Catherine Hanaway, R-St. Louis County, to call the Democrats' actions "utterly lame."
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder accused Holden of using the vacancy to buy Kinder's vote on his transportation plan, after a closed meeting between Holden, Kinder, and House Minority Leader Catherine Hanaway.
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.
Partisan hostilities reached an uncommon intensity, with name calling, following a four-hour debate on the resolution. Calling the Democrats' actions "utterly lame," House Minority Leader Rep. Catherine Hanaway, R-Warson Woods, said Thursday's vote was an effort to force the $747 tax plan "down the throats" of voters.
"We are hitting the littlest guy the hardest if we pass this tax increase," Minority Floor Leader Catherine Hanaway, R-Warson Woods, said while urging the House to withhold its approval.
Voters will have to approve this plan and the tax increase, but Republicans like House Minority leader Catherine Hanaway still aren't supporting the bill.
Missouri House Speaker Jim Kreider, D-Nixa, and House Minority Leader Catherine Hanaway, R-Warson Woods, held a joint press conference Monday touting the spirit of bipartisanship.
"We need to reform and restore credibility to our highway administration and to develop a plan to build the roads and bridges we need," said House Republican Leader Catherine Hanaway, R-St. Louis County. "Tax increases are out of the question until we get real accountability."
"The proposal the Governor put forward not only circumvents the legislature -- it also circumvents the voters," said House Minority Leader Rep. Catherine Hanaway, R-Warson Woods. "As far as House Republicans are concerned, I do think it's DOA."
If he's to do it, he may have to find another way, as Republicans, like House Minority leader Catherine Hanaway, say they'll work to block this effort.