The today overrode a veto by (D) that would make changes to the state鈥檚 workers鈥� compensation system.
But the likelihood that the will also override the Governor鈥檚 veto is virtually nonexistent, according to (R, Eureka). He says they just don鈥檛 have the votes, even within their own party.
鈥淲e would have to first convince our caucus," Jones said. "And even if we did, we鈥檙e still simply three votes short on a bill that no Democrat, I believe, has supported to this point鈥hat鈥檚 a tough vote.鈥�
The bill would have barred employees from suing each other over workplace injuries and illnesses, and occupational disease claims would have been removed from courts and restored to the workers鈥� comp system.
Nixon vetoed the measure earlier this month. The bill was a priority for Republican legislative leaders and business groups. It tweaks a 2005 law that overhauled Missouri's workers' compensation system.
