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12/2/2009 - Kelly no longer ranking Democrat on the Budget Committee:
JEFFERSON CITY - Columbia Rep. Chris Kelly will lose his designated title as the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee.
11/4/2009 - Medicaid expansion :
"Ninty-one million is a lot of money in this budget climate," said Missouri Representative Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee. "The question is: 'Are we willing to do something else to raise the money, like a cigarette tax, or will we consider massive cuts in other areas?'"
10/28/2009 - Nixon makes cuts, but they may not be enough:
Democractic Representative Chris Kelly said he finds the overall package to be satisfactory despite an 8 million dollar hit to Columbia's economy.
10/28/2009 - Gov. Nixon announces $204 million in new budget cuts:
While Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, said programs "close to his heart" will be affected, he added that the governor had no choice. "The governor is constitutionally required to balance the budget," Kelly said. "It's his No. 1 duty."
10/28/2009 - Cuts to Medicaid top Nixon's withholdings:
"What was supposed to be a three-year plan is becoming a five-year plan," Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, said.
5/6/2009 - House Republicans reject health care bill, accuse Nixon of bribery:
House Bill 11 was two steps away from Gov. Jay Nixon's desk when it was voted down 85-75 in the House and sent back to committee for revision by House and Senate budget leaders. All three Columbia representatives -- Democrats Chris Kelly, Mary Still and Stephen Webber -- voted for the bill.
5/5/2009 - $700M bond issue 'in trouble':
Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, said the initiative he sponsored would pass if not for the filibuster by two southeast Missouri Republicans.
5/4/2009 - Stimulus bill passes House:
The representatives from Columbia and Mexico, Mo., worked together to convince members of both parties that the projects involved were not pork, said Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia.
5/4/2009 - Kansas City left out.:
Chris Kelly from Columbia says calling this bill "pork" like fellow Representative and Democrat J C Kuessner did is absolutely ridiculous.
5/13/2009 - Columbia scores big money this legislative session:
Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, said a cooperative relationship emerged among mid-Missouri legislators that extended beyond party lines.
4/9/2009 - House adopts amendment that allows guns in college classrooms:
Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, said he was worried about the possible combinations of drinking and weapons on college campuses.
4/8/2009 - The Missouri House moves closer to allowing guns on college campuses:
Democratic Representative Chris Kelly explained his stance on guns being brought to fraternities, and dormitories around the state.
4/7/2009 - 'Missouri Plan' overhaul passes:
"In many, many years we have not have had a failure in selecting judges with this system," Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia said. "The bill's supporters want a political judiciary, and that's all this bill does."Cox, in turn, said it would limit secrecy in the process of choosing judges by making the names and professional background of all judicial candidates public."Right now it is a system controlled by a small group of people who want to create a status quo," he said. "Like other ..
4/29/2009 - Fischel funding back in:
Columbia Democratic Representative Chris Kelly says he was delighted but not surprised.
4/29/2009 - Without debate, Missouri's House restores $31 million for Columbia's Ellis Fischel Cancer Center:
But the cancer center's money was never in jeopardy, said Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia.
4/29/2009 - Columbia projects one step closer to millions in funding:
The $800 million bond issue -- sponsored by Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, and Sen. Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia -- passed the Senate Appropriations Committee. It heads to the Senate floor. If passed by the Senate, the bond will appear on the November ballot. If approved by voters, the bond will go before legislators, who will determine how much money each project would receive. Under the current language, MU is slated to receive $47.8 million for renovations.
4/29/2009 - College bonding bill clears Senate committee:
JEFFERSON CITY - Columbia Rep. Chris Kelly's $700 million higher education bond issue cleared a Senate committee Wednesday with a $100 million boost.
4/27/2009 - Senators debate whether higher education building bonds would be good debt or bad debt:
The measure, which is sponsored by Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, passed the House on April 16 with a 131 to 28 vote. 
4/27/2009 - Voting for an amendment on bonds for higher education is delayed :
Bill sponsor Columbia Democratic Representative Chris Kelly said now is the time to act.
4/27/2009 - Federal funding for Ellis Fischel at stake after House dispute:
Ellis Fischel may receive funding from a $700 million bond resolution sponsored by Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, and cosponsored by Tilley. But that proposal faced a Senate committee Monday and is not ready to pass, said Sen. Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia.
4/22/2009 - Kelly blasts Nixon's jobs program:
Monday, Columbia Democratic Representative Chris Kelly voted to strip all $100 million from the Missouri Jobs for the Future program.
4/20/2009 - Governor's job plan stripped in House Committee:
The maintenance and repair money would more closely align the UM System with a 45 percent funding increase given to other state schools earlier in the session, said Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, who sponsored the amendment.
4/15/2009 - State capital "tea party" draws protesters of government spending:
Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, said he never considered attending or making a statement at the tea party.
4/15/2009 - Tea Party Rallies in Jefferson City, and Across the Country:
Columbia Democratic Representative Chris Kelly says this whole thing is just a political stunt.
4/14/2009 - $700 million bond issue gains first round approval in House:
The House preliminary approval was by a voice vote after a short presentation by the bill sponsor, Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia.  No other member even spoke on the measure that is co-sponsored by the GOP House leader.
4/14/2009 - $700 million bond amendment passed in the House of Representatives.:
Democratic Rep. Chris Kelly of Columbia sponsors the bill, and says helping universities with bipartisan support made it an easy sell.
3/31/2009 - Higher Education Bonding Bill Clears Committee:
Republican Majority Leader Steven Tilley and Senior Democrat Chris Kelly teamed up in convincing lawmakers to pass through committee a 700 million dollar higher education bonding bill.
3/31/2009 - House Infrastructure Committee passes bill that would give $700 million in bond money to universities:
Bill sponsor Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, said the time is right to issue bonds because people are looking for safe investments.
3/3/2009 - House Budget chairman recommends eradication of a health care program that would benefit the UM System:
Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, who is the ranking Democrat on the Budget Committee, said Icet should have left Nixon's budget alone.
3/2/2009 - Bipartisan resolution would fund future higher education projects, pending voter approval:
Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, said the adoption of the amendment would solve two problems: creating jobs and funding higher education building projects.
3/2/2009 - Bipartisan resolution would fund future higher education projects, pending voter approval:
The sponsor Democratic Rep. Chris Kelly of Columbia said its adoption would solve two problems: creating jobs and funding higher education building projects.
3/11/2009 - House committee passes fiscal year 2010 budget bills:
VOTES: 18-11. The opposing votes came from the Democrats on committee except for Rep. Jonas Hughes, D-Jackson County, and Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia.
3/11/2009 - Democrats vs. Republicans in House budget cuts:
Columbia Democrat Representative Chris Kelly said the amendments and the hearing are making Democrats frustrated.
3/10/2009 - Nixon taps St. Louis attorney for vacant UM System curator's seat:
Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, said he thinks Downing would make a difference in that regard.
1/7/2009 - State legislature opens with higher education reform, emphasis on economic development:
Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, agreed with Shields' assertion. Kelly said he supports combining all state universities under a board of curators because it would make state universities more efficient. However, he said he does not think it will ever be done because some schools would oppose it.
1/29/2009 - Republicans react to State of the State Address:
Democratic budget committee member Chris Kelly says the budget plan is not perfect, but it's competently and responsibly done.
1/28/2009 - Funds for higher education capital improvement projects under review by Office of Administration:
But Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, said he has always opposed the Lewis and Clark fund on the basis of its legality and its using money designed for student loans and not appropriations for capital improvement projects.
1/28/2009 - Nixon cuts higher education projects:
14 state universities and one community college governing board will lose out on state money and Columbia Democratic Representative Chris Kelly says the initiative was bound to fail.
1/26/2009 - State legislative leaders await balanced budget, bipartisanship cooperation in Nixon's State of the State address:
Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, said bipartisan cooperation on budget matters has been a priority for House leadership. Kelly, who served as the House's Budget Committee chairman from 1991 to 1994, has been in communication with current House Budget Committee Chairman Allen Icet, R-Wildwood.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of December 14, 2009:
Columbia Rep. Chris Kelly will lose his designated title as the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of December 7, 2009:
Columbia Rep. Chris Kelly will lose his designated title as the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of November 30, 2009:
Columbia Rep. Chris Kelly will lose his designated title as the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of May 4, 2009:
The measure, which is sponsored by Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, passed the House on April 16 with a 131 to 28 vote. 
- Missouri Government News for the Week of April 27, 2009:
The measure, which is sponsored by Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, passed the House on April 16 with a 131 to 28 vote. 
- Missouri Government News for the Week of April 20, 2009:
Rep. Chris Kelly, a Columbia Democrat, was one of several members of his party on the House Budget Committee to strip $100 million from Gov. Nixon's job training program Monday.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of April 13, 2009:
Under the bill, sponsored by Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, MU would receive $81 million, which would help fund construction projects originally intended to receive money from the sale of state loan authority's assets.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of March 9, 2009:
A resolution sponsored by Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, would give Missouri voters the final say in giving the state the ability to issue up to $700 million in bonds.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of March 2, 2009:
A resolution sponsored by Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, would give Missouri voters the final say in giving the state the ability to issue up to $700 million in bonds.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of January 12, 2009:
Columbia Rep. Chris Kelly said he supports the idea but thinks universities will fight against the idea.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of January 5, 2009:
Columbia Rep. Chris Kelly said he supports the idea but thinks universities will fight against the idea.
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