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Home construction bill survives override attempt in Missouri Senate.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2004
By Tim Hoover, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sep. 16--JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Senate failed Wednesday to override Gov. Bob Holden's veto of a bill that would have made it harder for homeowners to sue contractors for defective construction.
The Senate voted 21-11 to override, falling two votes short of the necessary two-thirds vote needed to overturn Holden's veto. No other overrides were attempted Wednesday.
Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder, a Cape Girardeau Republican, had sponsored the bill and reminded senators before the override vote that they had voted for it 29-3 when it passed the legislature.
"The concerns of people who had objections to the bill were met," Kinder...
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