SECOND REGULAR SESSION

House Concurrent Resolution No. 27

92^ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

         Whereas, the United States is just beginning to recover from a depressed economy; and

            Whereas, most states are experiencing a job gap between actual jobs available and the number of jobs needed to keep up with the growth in working age population; and

            Whereas, Missouri revenues have been adversely affected by the economy; and

            Whereas, state revenues will recover at a slower pace than the economy at large; and

            Whereas, federal tax cuts will result in lower Missouri revenue due to coupling; and

            Whereas, Missouri struggles with the challenges of a significant budget deficit; and

            Whereas, the federal government has funds available for two trillion dollars in tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the most prosperous Americans; and

            Whereas, federal unfunded mandates in IDEA, No Child Left Behind, Election Reform, and Homeland Security cost the states more than twenty billion dollars per year:

            Now, therefore, be it resolved that the members of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-second General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, hereby urge the United States Congress to pass a fiscal relief package for the states of no less than twenty billion dollars; and

            Be it further resolved that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare properly inscribed copies of this resolution for each member of the Missouri Congressional Delegation.