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10/24/2002 - Both sides predict big wins in upcoming elections:
Veteran Reps. Glenda Kelly, a Democrat, and Charlie Shields, a Republican, both feeling the effects of term limits, are vying for the Senate seat. Both held leadership positions in the House, as Kelly chaired the Appropriations-Corrections Committee while Shields was minority whip.
5/10/2002 - FY 2003 Budget Passes:
Rep. Charlie Shields, a top Republican budget negotiator, said he was happy House Democrats decided to move ahead with the budget.
4/23/2002 - Budget moves into final weeks:
When the budget came to the House floor, Reps. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, and Vicky Riback Wilson, D-Columbia, persuaded their colleagues to insert $100,000 for each of those partners, except public broadcasting, which got $95,000. Although Shields described those appropriations as a drop in the bucket, the goal was to hold each partner's place in the budget with the hope that in future years, funding would be restored to the level intended when the tax was created.
4/2/2002 - House Approves Budget Debate Rules:
Representative Charlie Shields of St. Joseph says the move bodes well for the upcoming budget debate:
4/17/2002 - House Rejects Corporal Punishment Ban:
Represenatative Charlie Shields says the house would be taking away a tool from school boards.
4/02/2002 - House approves rules for debate on budget:
Critics countered that the rule may make the debate more confusing, with lawmakers jumping between the 13 bills to find cuts. Rep. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, voted for the resolution, but said it could make things more difficult for lawmakers.
3/4/2002 - Holden declares state economic emergency:
House Republican Whip Charlie Shields says the Rainy Day Fund was intended for a real disaster, not to bail to state out of a recession.
3/21/2002 - Higher Education Coordinating Board Budget Gets Slashed in House Budget Committee:
Rep. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, who proposed the cut, said the board was being penalized for positions it had taken in support of larger universities. Shields, who represents Missouri Western State College, said he voted to cut funding for the board because it isn't serving his school and others.
3/21/2002 - Higher Education Board Budget Gets Slashed in House Budget Committee:
Rep. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, who proposed the cut, said the board was being penalized for positions it had taken in support of larger universities. Shields, who represents Missouri Western State College, said he voted to cut funding for the board because it isn't serving his school and others.
3/19/2002 - House Committee Proposes $8 million cut in MAP School Testing Program:
But Rep. Charlie Shields says the three tests should take a one-year hiatus until the state can find more money in the budget.
3/18/2002 - Missouri Government News for Week of March 18, 2002:
Rep. Charlie Shields proposed the cuts for all academic subjects except science and math.
3/13/2002 - Gov. Holden criticized for using state money to promote "Rainy Day Fund" use:
Rep. Charlie Shields, R-St Joseph, says Holden's speeches as tool to put pressure on Missouri's legislators.
2/7/2002 - House Democrats dislike a Republican school funding plan:
Republicans, like Charlie Shields say the formula should be fully funded...but they want to take gambling out and establish a separate trust fund for education.

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