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6:16 pm
Tue June 11, 2013

Mo. Gov. Nixon Campaigns Against Tax Cut Bill He Vetoed Last Week

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Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon (D) addresses Higher Ed. officials in Jefferson City on June 11th, 2013.
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Gov. Nixon's Budget Dir. Linda Luebbering and Senior Legal & Policy Advisor Chris Pieper brief reporters on their objections to HB253.
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Governor Jay Nixon has launched a major public effort to support his veto last week of a bill that would have cut Missouri's individual and corporate income taxes.

The Democratic Governor appeared before college and university officials Tuesday morning in Jefferson City, telling them that the GOP-backed proposal is the single greatest threat to public education he's seen in his career.

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11:43 am
Wed June 5, 2013

Nixon Vetoes 'Fiscally Irresponsible' Income Tax Measure

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Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed a Republican-backed plan that would implement corporate and individual income tax rates.
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Updated at 4:45 p.m. with responses from House Speaker Tim Jones (R, Eureka) and Mo. Senator Will Kraus (R, Lee's Summit).

Citing a lack of "fundamental fairness," Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed legislation that would have reduced Missouri's income tax rates for the first time in more than 90 years.

The  bill would have gradually reduced corporate and individual income tax rates while also creating a new deduction for business income reported on individual income taxes.

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