Spring Break marks halfway point for Missouri Lawmakers.
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Spring Break marks halfway point for Missouri Lawmakers.

Date: March 8, 2012
By: Mary McGuire
State Capitol Bureau

Intro: 
As lawmakers leave for spring break Thursday, the progress of the 2012 legislative session is debated.
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Wrap: Missouri legislators have sent two bills relating to worker's compensation and discrimination to the desk of Governor Jay Nixon.

Republicans see this as a victory.

Speaker of the House Steve Tilley says Republicans have completed 70 percent of their legislative agenda which includes balancing the state's budget.  

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Description: "This week we passed out of the budget committee a balanced budget that invests in our priorities and holds the line on taxes and that we believe invests where we should invest and that's higher education."

Minority Floor leader Mike Talboy sees things differently.

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Description: "We have a myriad of bad things that have been proposed, passed, debated."

Both parties were critical of the Governor's lack of involvement in this legislative session.

Reporting from the State Capital, I'm Mary McGuire.

Intro: 
Missouri lawmakers reach the halfway point with two bills on Governor Jay Nixon's desk.
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Wrap: Speaker of the House Steve Tilley says Republicans have accomplished 70 percent of their legislative agenda.

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Description: "That agenda focused on jobs, taxpayers, schools, and values."

But Minority Floor Leader Mike Talboy says Missouri is still lacking a comprehensive education bill.

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Description: "Your education of children in this state is more important than creating jobs that we don't necessarily have an educated work force to fill."
 
Both parties criticized the Governor's lack of involvement in this legislative session.
 
Lawmakers will return March 19th from their spring break.

Reporting from the State Capital, I'm Mary McGuire.