Missouri House fails to override veto of income tax cut [View all]

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Republican push to cut Missouri’s income taxes failed Wednesday as the state House fell significantly short of the threshold needed to override a veto by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon.

The vote marked a major victory for Nixon, who had traveled extensively across the state warning that the tax cut could jeopardize funding for public education, mental health care and other state services.

Republican legislative leaders had touted the tax cut as an important means of spurring the economy and competing for businesses against Kansas, Oklahoma and other states that have recently cut income taxes. But GOP leaders were unable to hold together their supermajority, as roughly a dozen members sided with the Democratic governor.

The House voted 94-67 for the veto override—significantly shy of the 109 votes required for a two-thirds majority. As a result, the override never was considered by the Senate.

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