Posted on 04/30/2015 12:06:42 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed Republican legislation Thursday that would drop thousands of low-income families from Missouri’s welfare rolls by paring back benefits to what he said would be one of the shortest time periods in the nation.
But Nixon’s veto may be only a last-grasp attempt to stop the tougher restrictions. Republicans, who hold overwhelming legislative majorities, said they expect to get the two-thirds vote needed in each chamber to override his veto.
Missouri’s legislation would reduce the lifetime limit for receiving TANF benefits from five years—which is the national norm—to three years and nine months, starting Jan. 1. Nixon said just eight states have shorter lifetime limits. …
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Democrats jackwagons all......
No one wants to see KC burn to the ground.
Jay Nixon's a total looser and I hope that the MO House and Senate override this idiot!!!
...and we are carrying!
My thought is that the writer combined two standing phrases together: “last gasp” and “grasping at straws”.
I love how the media cares about "national norms" when it comes to welfare. You will never, ever see them talking about "national norms" for, e.g. gun laws.
More like "...pry the Food Stamps from people that vote for me, both the dead and the living."
They substitute “national norm” for what ought to read “status quo” with respect to socialistic stuff.
Republicans doing what Republicans ought to do. Override Demon Rat governors.
The override session last summer went OVERWHELMINGLY against Jeremiah Nixon. His veto pen is meaningless. His political future is non-existent since he obeyed the DOJ, pathetic liberal lapdog that he is, and ordered the MO National Guard to stand down in Ferguson after he spent the week prior positioning them for action.
Wrong program. TANF not SNAP.
“When they pry the Food Stamp from my cold, dead hand...
Wrong program. TANF not SNAP”
Correct
SNAP - Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program - Food Stamps
TANF - Temporay Assistance to Needy Families - AKA Cash for utility bills medical bills whatever.
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