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Mo. House panel mulls impeaching Gov. Jay Nixon
Source: Southeast Missourian
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- An effort to impeach Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon over his decision to allow same-sex couples to file joint tax returns received its first public hearing Wednesday in a House committee.
The Republican-led panel held a hearing on a resolution that would formally charge the Democratic governor with neglecting his official duties for issuing an executive order permitting gay couples who were legally married in other states to file combined Missouri income tax returns. But with less than four weeks remaining in the Legislature's session, the impeachment attempts are unlikely to advance much further.
Two other gubernatorial impeachment resolutions were on Wednesday's schedule, but neither was considered because the panel ran out of time. House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Stanley Cox, R-Sedalia, said the hearing would resume next week and no potential votes would be held until after it concludes.
The impeachment resolution heard Wednesday is sponsored by eight Republican House members; none are chamber leaders. Sponsoring Rep. Nick Marshall said Nixon purposefully ignored a provision in the Missouri Constitution that recognizes marriages only between a man and a woman.
The Republican-led panel held a hearing on a resolution that would formally charge the Democratic governor with neglecting his official duties for issuing an executive order permitting gay couples who were legally married in other states to file combined Missouri income tax returns. But with less than four weeks remaining in the Legislature's session, the impeachment attempts are unlikely to advance much further.
Two other gubernatorial impeachment resolutions were on Wednesday's schedule, but neither was considered because the panel ran out of time. House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Stanley Cox, R-Sedalia, said the hearing would resume next week and no potential votes would be held until after it concludes.
The impeachment resolution heard Wednesday is sponsored by eight Republican House members; none are chamber leaders. Sponsoring Rep. Nick Marshall said Nixon purposefully ignored a provision in the Missouri Constitution that recognizes marriages only between a man and a woman.
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