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12/9/2004 - Attorney General Jay Nixon Backs Bills Giving Crime Victims Louder Voice in Court:
House Minority Leader Jeff Harris is one of the authors of the bills.
12/6/2004 - Missouri Government News for the Week of December 6, 2004:
Rep. Jeff Harris of Columbia says the move is necessary to protect the privacy of Missouri Democrats.
12/3/2004 - House Leader Orders Up Seperate Inagural for Dems:
And House Minority Floor Leader Jeff Harris, is offering them an alternative--sending out their own invitations.
12/03/2004 - . House Leader Harris Orders up Separate Inaugural Invites for Dems :
Many Democrats are reluctant to hand over the names and addresses of their supporters to Hancock, who in the past has served as an official spokesman for the state Republican party. House Minority Leader Jeff Harris is organizing an alternative invitation for Democrats which he said will charge legislators 22 cents per invitation before postage.
11/29/2004 - Missouri Government News for the Week of November 29, 2004:
Rep. Jeff Harris of Columbia says the move is necessary to protect the privacy of Missouri Democrats.
11/1/2004 - Missouri Government News for the Week of November 1, 2004:
JEFFERSON CITY - On Friday, House Democrats appointed Columbia Rep. Jeff Harris their new minority floor leader.
11/08/2004 - Missouri Republicans Increase Hold on State Government:
Last Friday, Missouri House Democrats replaced their floor leader with Columbia Rep. Jeff Harris.
11/05/2004 - House Democrats elect new floor leader:
JEFFERSON CITY - Democrats continued to remake their legislative lineup by electing Columbia Representative Jeff Harris their new floor leader in a closed-door caucus Friday.
5/5/2004 - Legislature Passes Higher Ed. Budget:
Central Missouri Representative Jeff Harris is the Minority Whip.
5/4/2004 - Lawmakers Approve Funding Increases for Education:
But Columbia Democratic Representative Jeff Harris says it's not enough.
5/14/2004 - Six million pages later, session ends:
It's especially tough for Kelly Schultz, aide to Rep. Jeff Harris, D-Columbia, who calls herself a "tree-hugger." She said she cringes when she sees a monumental amount of photocopying to do. Schultz keeps three recycling bins under her desk, but even then, she said, it's not always enough.
5/07/2004 - Future looks dim for Republican priorities as legislature begins final week:
However, Rep. Jeff Harris, D-Columbia, said he would call it a "wasted session" from the perspective of Republicans. Harris said the legislature has taken very little action in areas including reducing medical liability insurance, promoting economic development and fixing the state's roads.
5/04/2004 - Legislature passes education budget, delays work on welfare budget:
But some Democrats argued that higher education is still underfunded. That was enough reason for Rep. Jeff Harris, D-Columbia, to vote against the bill, despite the increase.
4/28/2004 - Committee boosts funding for higher and lower education:
Rep. Jeff Harris, D-Columbia, said he wants to be sure the legislature does not attempt to prevent institutions from increasing tuition. He said a letter inquiring about increases isn't as extreme as it could be, but he fears some legislators could have a tendency to do more.
3/2/2004 - The Missouri House began debate on a bill that would limit liability lawsuits and awards.:
Democrat Jeff Harris, who opposes the bill, says there is no proof that the bill will reduce malpractice premiums.
3/17/2004 - Toll roads off the table for 2004:
Rep. Jeff Harris, D-Columbia, said the most important thing is to begin the discussion on funding options and to have the tolling idea heard.
3/10/2004 - Ban on Mercury in Vaccines Wins Preliminary Approval:
But Democratic Representative Jeff Harris says he opposes the bill because he believes it's part of a larger, anti-vaccine movement.
2/9/2004 - Missouri Government News for the Week of February 9, 2004:
JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri's House Judiciary Committee has sent to the full House a measure that would restrict liability lawsuit awards similar to the measure vetoed by the governor last year.In approving the measure Wednesday, the committee rejected a substitute offered by Columbia's Rep. Jeff Harris to restrict the bill to medical malpractice.The Harris substitute would have established a government-run medical malpractice insurance plan and imposed stronger regulations on private me..
2/26/2004 - Columbia legislators voice disappointment over Missouri Supreme Court's decision to allow Missourians to carry concealed guns:
Rep. Jeff Harris, D-Columbia, declined to comment on the ruling since he had not yet had a chance to read the court's decision.
2/25/2004 - Bill proposed to upgrade Missouri's open meetings law and access to public records:
JEFFERSON CITY - Any public governmental meeting conducted through electronic communication-conference call, video conference, internet chat or internet message board-would now have to be made accessible to the public, under a new bill proposed by Rep. Jeff Harris, D-Columbia.
2/23/2004 - House committee reverses MAP funding decision:
Columbia Reps. Jeff Harris and Chuck Graham, both Democrats, defended their position that the money was only a technicality, and would not affect statewide MAP testing.
2/18/2004 - House appropriations amendment would cut funding for MAP tests:
Rep. Jeff Harris, D-Columbia, and Rep. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, introduced an amendment to a House education appropriations bill that would move all state funding for the MAP tests to Missouri's state aid distribution formula.
2/17/2004 - House committee hears K-12 funding measure:
"If that's the extent of our analysis," said Rep. Jeff Harris, D-Columbia, "Then we can go ahead and continue this exercise but it really sounds like a one-size-fits-all approach."
2/16/2004 - Missouri Government News for the Week of February 16, 2004:
JEFFERSON CITY - Rep. Jeff Harris, D-Columbia, and Rep. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, introduced an amendment to a House education appropriations bill that would move all state funding for the MAP tests to Missouri's state aid distribution formula. That would allow individual school districts the option of how -- or whether -- to finance the administratin of the exams.
2/11/2004 - House Judiciary Committee passes a measure to restrict liability lawsuit awards:
In approving the measure Wednesday, the committee rejected a substitute offered by Columbia's Rep. Jeff Harris to restrict the bill to medical malpractice.
1/28/2004 - Loophole bill wins House vote:
Fairness, however, was one reason why Rep. Jeff Harris, D-Columbia, said he voted against the bill. Allowing big businesses to continue to avoid paying corporate income taxes, Harris said, would leave small businesses at a considerable disadvantage to large corporations.
1/21/2004 - Holden proposes increases for education, emphasis on life sciences:
Democrats in general said they were appalled by Jetton's remark on the House floor, including Columbia representatives Vicky Riback Wilson and Jeff Harris.
1/12/2004 - Three Columbia-area legislators out after this year:
Columbia's newest member of the legislature and the only one not forced out after this year by term limits, is Rep. Jeff Harris who is serving his first term.
1/06/2004 - Politics and Budgets Dominate Attention:
A similar bill was also filed in the House by Rep. Jeff Harris, D-Columbia.
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