The governor's tax-cut plan remains stalled as religious bigotry charges made again. Lawmakers send the governor a ban on partial-birth abortions. Lawmakers send the governor legislation to regulate managed care. House approves a statewide vote on legalizing concealed weapons. The governor's child health insurance plan clears the Senate.
Lawmakers deadlock on the tax-cut bill.
Welfare reform legislation dies in committee. Special legislative session called. Legislature enters the final week with a major gap in the state's budget. Tax cuts but little else clear the last day of the 1997 legislative session. Missouri lawmakers passaged a package of tax cuts on the last day of their 1997 legislative session, but filibusters blocked passage of a number of other major issues.