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Missouri Republicans fight will of the people as they push limits on direct democracy Jonathan Shorman and Jeanne Kuang, The Kansas City Star © TIM BOMMEL/TNS Cody Smith, right, a Carthage Republican, chairs a House Budget Committee meeting on March 22, 2021, with staff member Chris Dunn, center, and vice chair Dirk Deaton, a Noel Republican. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, When Missouri voters approved Medicaid expansion in August, the results weren t all that close. The constitutional amendment requiring the state to expand eligibility to upward of 275,000 residents passed 53.3% to 46.7%. The margin of victory stood at more than 83,000 votes. Less than a year later, the Republican-dominated House is balking. GOP legislators voted last week to exclude the funding necessary to carry out the expansion, leaving its fate unclear.

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