Analysis: Defections played role in veto overrides

Monday, September 16, 2013

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Fears of lost jobs and the possible closing of The Doe Run Co. prompted Missouri's Republican-dominated state Legislature to create a shield against large-dollar lawsuit judgments. Yet, overriding Gov. Jay Nixon's veto took willing Democrats to supplant defecting Republicans -- not the hammer of a veto-proof GOP supermajority.

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