Show-Me AG Schmitt Suffering Cuts From GOP Amid Torrent Of Lawsuits

We find this note interesting because it reminds us that not all Republicans like each other and there remains a constant slap fight to maintain an edge over the tense conservative competition for cash.

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Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Lincoln Hough, R-Springfield, won committee support for cutting money added by the Missouri House. The extra funds would have allowed Schmitt to hire five additional attorneys for the office’s Solicitor General unit, which represents the state in major appellate and constitutional litigation.

“As our attorney general continues to sue most of the citizens of this state, I don’t know why we are giving him another half million dollars,” Hough said.

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