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12/1/2005 - House Speaker Wants Mandatory Vision Tests for Kids:
The Speaker of the House, Republican Rod Jetton says he will again sponsor a bill that requires all children in kindergarten, first grade, and Head Start programs to receive a vision examination.
12/1/2005 - House Budget Committee Chairman Apointed:
Representative Rod Jetton, from Marble Hill says he thinks the state's in good shape to start budgeting for fiscal year 2007. Jetton says the state's unemployment rate is the lowest in 5 years and revenues are higher compared to this time last year. Jetton says he credits a healthy economy and some tough decisions, like cutting 90,000 people from Medicaid.
9/6/2005 - House of Representatives Introduces Key Abortion Bills.:
House Speaker Rod Jetton presided over a gathering of less than 30 representatives that began with a moment of silence for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
5/14/2005 - Unresolved abortion disputes highlights divide in Republican majority:
While division within the majority party in the Senate was less visible, fighting between the more conservative House and the more moderate Senate erupted over a bill to permit the primary enforcement of seat belts. Dolan, one of the measure's biggest supporters lashed out against House Republicans, including Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill, twice during the week's final session.
5/05/2005 - Legislature passes $19.2 billion budget:
The budget, which passed Thursday, was completed one day before the constitutional deadline and the day before a large protest of the Medicaid cuts was scheduled. House Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill, said the bulk of the most significant legislation had already been passed and that the House was willing to stay late Thursday night to avoid a Friday session.
4/28/2005 - School funding formula hits House snag:
Republican House Speaker Rod Jetton said he expected some resistance from metro-area Republicans, but not that no Democrats would vote for the plan.
4/28/2005 - House committee rejects foundation formula proposal:
At the insistence of rural legislators and House Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill, the committee reduced to 10 percent the amount of the difference accounted for.
4/27/2005 - Medicaid Protestors Chain Themselves to House Doors:
Capitol police quickly cut the chain but made no arrests, instead moving down the hall to guard the office of House Speaker Rod Jetton (R-Marble Hill) where Blunt was meeting with Republican legislators.
4/07/2005 - House passes bill to shrink Medicaid:
"We are going to force the citizens, the (state) reps, the senators and the governor to come together and think outside the box to find a way to help those who can't help themselves," House Speaker Rod Jetton said.
3/31/2005 - House Republicans file budget five weeks before deadline:
The Medicaid bill passed to the House floor early Thursday morning would reduce eligibility to the state's largest welfare program while requiring co-payments for children's health insurance. House Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill, said the budget had been delayed to allow language on the Medicaid bill to be finalized.
3/31/2005 - Budget filed five weeks before its deadline:
Speaker Rod Jetton said medicaid must get through the House and on the governor's desk before they can take on the budget.
3/30/2005 - Blunt signs work comp bill:
"Our economy is a mess," said House Speaker Rod Jetton, (R-Marble Hill). "We have to do something to sort it out."
3/3/2005 - House Democrats say fee office profits should go to schools:
House Speaker Rod Jetton says the current system keeps the governor accountable.
3/3/2005 - Senate, House to compromise on workers' comp:
House Speaker Rod Jetton of Marble Hill says it's hard to say what parts of the House bill the Senate will accept.
3/17/2005 - Senate gives final approval to Medicaid bill:
The House must act on the bill next, and House Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill, said the Medicaid bill would be the next major issue to hit the House floor.
3/03/2005 - Democrats call for changes to contracts for fee offices:
Although Democrats said the contracts were one of the last vestiges of the patronage system and needed to go, House Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill, said governors are held accountable for who receives the contracts.
2/3/2005 - House Speaker Rod Jetton creates a new committee to redistribute school money:
Missouri House Speaker Rod Jetton says he wants to find a new way to fund public schools. Victor Roberto has more from the state Capitol.
2/23/2005 - House Republicans gut Senate compromises on Workers' Comp:
The committee substitute for the Senate bill, SB 1 & 130, is sponsored by chairman Steve Hunter, R-Joplin, and cosponsored by more than two dozen other House Republicans, including Speaker Rod Jetton.
2/17/2005 - House gives final approval to civil liablity changes:
Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Bollinger, said the provisions that restrict venue and cap punitive damages for health care providers would have a notable impact on the malpractice insurance premiums for doctors in the state. Proponents argue that doctors are practicing outside of the state or leaving the profession because of high insurance premiums.
1/31/2005 - Missouri Government News for the Week of January 31, 2005:
JEFFERSON CITY - House Speaker Rod Jetton announced the creation of a special committee to research public school funding.
1/3/2005 - Missouri Government News for the Week of January 3, 2005:
In the House, the newly elected Speaker -- Republican Rod Jetton -- announced a proposed House rule to guarantee Democrats with equal debate time in the full House.
1/10/2005 - Missouri Government News for the Week of January 10, 2005:
House Speaker Rod Jetton said the measure would help make House debate is focused.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of November 28, 2005:
JEFFERSON CITY - Republican Speaker of the House Rod Jetton says he will file a bill to make vision tests mandatory for children in kindergarten, first grade, and Head Start programs.
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