Over in the House of Representatives, Speaker Rod Jetton said he noticed Democrats spouting a more conservative theme. "I don't know if their party's changed, obviously their platform is still the same: they are pro-choice, anti-gun, pro-gay marriage-on the platform," Jetton, R-Bollinger, said. "But I am seeing, particularly out state where I live, every Democrat that ran, pretty much, was pro-life, pro-gun, and anti-gay marriage, they were R7epublicans r..
But Speaker of the House, Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill, said that legal concern would be addressed by using the Missouri Development Finance Board as a conduit for the money from the board to the schools.
But Speaker of the House, Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill, said that legal concern would be addressed by using the Missouri Development Finance Board as a conduit for the money from the board to the schools.
Republican House Speaker Rod Jetton says that by adding this extra step, Blunt is avoiding questions of legality, passing money from one non-for-profit entity to another, and then on to the schools.
House Speaker Rod Jetton said he agreed that the appropriations and scholarship bills are intimately linked. He talked about the differing priorities among the House, Senate and Governor for how the state should spend the $450 million expected from the sale of student loans by the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority.
Sen. Jason Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau, paid a political consulting firm operated by Rep. Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill, $33,000 for work on political campaigns, according to the reports.
"I'm not aware of anybody in House, any members, any staff or anybody that's had any conversation on anything like that," said House Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill.
Questions are being raised, and eyebrows as well, after the adult entertainment industry donated a large sum of money to a political action committee with close ties to House Speaker Rod Jetton.
McLaren was one of many interested parties who packed themselves into a hearing room to testify on a bill sponsored by Steve Hobbs, R-Mexico and co-sponsored by House Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill, that would reform the state's eminent domain regulations.
"Those in sheltered workshops deserve the opportunity to experience the dignity and self-respect that comes from hard work without losing access to needed, sometimes very expensive healthcare," said Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill.
"Those in sheltered workshops deserve the opportunity to experience the dignity and self-respect that comes from hard work without losing access to needed, sometimes very expensive healthcare," said Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill.
"With the higher costs of tuition, this is more important than it's ever been," said House Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill. "So we have a very significant part of our program to be providing scholarships to students so they can get to school."
He charged that Shields placed a "partisan tone" on the debate when key Republican leaders, including state treasurer Sarah Steelman and House Speaker Rod Jetton, expressed concerns about the MOHELA sale.
"I am pleased that this new plan addresses the questions and concerns that I and others have voiced regarding the ability of Missouri's students to continue to receive low interest loans, loan forgiveness and other targeted incentives," House Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill, said in a prepared statement.
A fellow Republican, House Speaker Rod Jetton, expressed concern that Missouri students could still pay the price with higher interest rates on their loans.
Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill, said he's going to bring up two bills that passed the House last year but didn't make it into law during this legislative session.
Robb, who is a former teacher and researcher at the University of Missouri-Columbia, said he is honored that he was chosen for the position by Missouri House Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill. He said he's engaged in lengthy discussions with Icet on how to change the budget process.
JEFFERSON CITY - The Kansas City Star reported over the weekend that strip clubs donated $35,000 to a fundraising committee with close ties to House Speaker Rod Jetton.