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MOGOP praises General Assembly for overriding Nixon veto

September 12, 2012

David Cole, Chairman of the Missouri Republican Party, released the following statement praising the General Assembly’s override of Jay Nixon’s veto of SB 749:

“For only the 8^th time in more than 130 years—and the 2^nd time in Jay Nixon’s term—Missouri’s lawmakers have overridden a gubernatorial veto.  This rare and historic vote is a bipartisan rebuke of Jay Nixon, who sided with Barack Obama in an attempt to force Missouri employers into violating their religious beliefs.  Our Republican-led legislature should be commended for standing up against Obamacare and for religious liberty—something Jay Nixon should have done, but didn’t.”