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11/4/1996 - Missouri Government News for Week of Nov. 4, 1996:
In the Senate, Democrats picked Mike McKenna to replace Jim Mathewson as the Senate President Pro Tem - the Senate's most powerful position that Mathewson had announced he would not seek again. Elected majority leader was Ed Quick. Republicans selected Steve Ehlmann as their Senate leader.
9/5/1996 - Welfare to Work Program Stops Food Stamp Abuse:
Senator Jim Mathewson created the program and says it is an excellent way to track food stamp recipients
9/5/1996 - Welfare to Work Program a Big Success:
Senate President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson created the program to benefit both businesses and the unemployed.
9/27/1996 - Missouri's Welfare-to-Work Program A Success:
Missouri Senate Pro Tem Jim Mathewson, created Missouri's welfare-to-work program in his own back yard.
5/9/1996 - Sales Tax Cut Replaced:
But Senate President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson said people raising a family are the ones he thought the state should help with tax relief.
5/7/1996 - Food Tax Cut Souring?:
Jim Mathewson, the President pro tem of the senate, says he hasn't assigned the sales tax cut to a committee yet. With less than two weeks left in the legislative session, that is bad news for the bill's supporters.
5/18/1996 - Spin Doctoring on Taxes:
"It's not like we'll be keeping this money somewhere," said Senate President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson, D-Sedalia. "It's going back to the taxpayers."
5/18/1996 - GOP Views on the 1996 legislative session.:
For a while, Flotron even had the Senate's top Democrat with him, Senate President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson.
5/17/1996 - Latest Missouri Government News as of May 17, 1996:
But Senate President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson conceded that no resolution had been reached.
5/16/1996 - Tax Cuts Down to the Wire:
According to the Hancock Amendment, Missouri has about one hundred and fifty million dollars in unconstitutional revenue. Unless the senate approves an alternative on Friday, the money will be refunded to income tax payers on a pro rata basis. But that's not the only way of returning the money under consideration. Other suggestions include reducing the sales tax on groceries, giving a tax break to retired people living on private pensions, and raising the dependent deduction for fami..
5/14/1996 - Killer Roosters:
Tuesday night, however, Senate President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson said the Senate definitely would get to the tax-cut bill sometime today.
5/14/1996 - Tax Cuts in Senate Limbo:
As it stands, there are several fates possible for the sales tax cut on groceries. In one scenario, it could be lowered from just over four cents per dollar to just over two cents per dollar. In another, it could be attached to a greater tax break for people with children, and a tax break for people living off of private retirement pensions. Or, it could die altogether. In that case, Missouri's income tax payers would be in for about a 150 million dollar tax refund. Jim Mathewson ..
5/10/1996 - Latest Missouri Government News as of May 10, 1996:
Rather than the Ways and Means Committee, Senate President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson assigned the tax-cut bill to the Senate Committee on Corrections and General Laws.
5/09/1996 - Tax-Cut Plan Approved:
But Senate President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson said people raising a family are the ones he thought the state should help with tax relief.
5/08/1996 - No Action on Taxes:
Senate President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson, who is in charge of assigning bills to committee, said he would assign the bill during Tuesday's night session.
5/07/1996 - Managed health care measures divide top Senate leaders:
While Senate Pres. Pro Tem Jim Mathewson, D-Sedalia, has sworn off addressing any managed care legislation until he forms a committee to address the various pieces of legislation floating through the chambers, Senate Majority Leader Jet Banks, D-St. Louis, said he wants to see major changes addressed before the May 17 deadline.
3/26/1996 - Senate Approves Letting Missourians Decide Packed Pistols:
When the vote was taken on the referendum amendment, the presider changed his vote at the last minute, passing the amendment by one vote. This change caused heated controversy that led Senate Pro Tem Jim Mathewson to take a 45-minute break from the bill.
2/8/1996 - Process over Speed:
Instead of debating the speed limit bill as scheduled, the Senate spent two hours debating Senate rules. Debate on the speed limit bill has been postponed until Tuesday. Senate President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson says some senators don't want to set new limits...
2/22/1996 - Ban on Wining and Dining Sidetracked:
Senate Pro Tem Jim Mathewson complained in a prepared statement issued later in the day that any kind of lobbyist spending ban should be done by law - not by a change in Senate rules which he said cannot be enforced.
2/21/1996 - Senate gives Curators authority:
Sen. Jim Mathewson, D-Sedalia, said he sponsored the bill because "I thought the law was antiquated."
2/20/1996 - Senate leadership stalls HMO regulation:
"Let's slow down and look at things," Senate President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson, D-Sedalia told Senate Health committee members. "I feel concerned that we're not taking as much time as we should."
1/3/1996 - Work or Lose Welfare:
Democratic Senate President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson urged his Senate collegues today to support a "Welfare to Work Initiative" intended to get people off welfare without spending tax dollars.
1/17/1996 - We Proposed It First Says the GOP:
Both House Speaker Steve Gaw, D-Moberly, and Senate President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson, D-Sedalia, expressed general support for the governor's goals at a joint press conference, echoing Carnahan's optimism about the rosy state of Missouri's economy.
1/16/1996 - Governor Seeks Tax Cut:
While Carnahan stressed Missouri's booming economy and the high revenues pouring in to state government, Senate President Pro Tem Sen. Jim Mathewson, D-Sedalia, urged caution.
1/16/1996 - Carnahan Seeks Sales Tax Cut:
Senate President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson says the sales tax rollback will allow all Missourians to quickly benefit from the State's economic prosperity. Matthewson also says he's cautious about lowering taxes until they know exactly what cuts will come out of Congress. Senate Republican leader Franc Flotron says the tax cut looks like a lot of spin-doctoring.
1/04/1996 - Issues of the 1996 Legislative Session:
In the meantime, Senate President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson, D-Sedalia, has proposed legislation that would allow the state to cut benefits to able-bodied welfare recipients who refused to work.
1/04/1996 - Senate leader pushes welfare reform plan:
In his opening day address to the Missouri Senate Wednesday, Senate President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson, D-Sedalia, called for legislation that would deny welfare to able-bodied recipients who refuse to work.
- Latest Missouri Government News Headlines:
Sen. Jim Mathewson, D-Sedalia, told the committee they should take the time to roll those various ideas into a single bill.
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