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Republicans in House and Senate disagree over congressional redistricting

Date: April 14, 2011
By: Helena Kooi
State Capitol Bureau
Links: Read the House's reaction, See the maps

Intro: 
A final resolution on congressional redistricting has been delayed another week due to disagreements between Republicans in the Missouri House and Senate.
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Wrap: Both the House and Senate have passed their own versions of the redistricting map.

The main difference between the two lies in rural areas.

House Republicans pointed the blame to their Senate counterparts.

But Wentzville Republican Senator Scott Rupp says the process is more challenging than expected.

Actuality:  RUPP11.WAV
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Description: "Once you change one thing in this map, it's the ripple effect across the whole state. So one change causes a change somewhere else and then what happens is you maybe are solving a problem with one person but you might cause a problem with two."

Rupp says he hopes to reach a compromise next week.

He says that would allow enough time to override a possible veto from Gov. Jay Nixon.  

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Helena Kooi.

Intro: 
Rural Republican Senators have delayed working out differences over congressional redistricting, to the frustration of their counterparts in the Missouri House.
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Wrap: After rejecting the Senate version of the redistricting map, the House called for both sides to meet.

The request was ignored by Senate leaders.

Republican Senator Scott Rupp from Wentzville sponsored the Senate redistricting bill.

He says reaching an agreement between the House and the Senate has been harder than he thought.

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Description: "I'm under the assumption that they can get that map through. Whether or not they like it is a different story. But again, the conversation I think is what we can get done versus what some people wish we could get done."

The Senate and House maps both eliminate Congressman Russ Carnahan's district.
 
The primary differences lie in rural parts of the state.

From Jefferson City, I'm Helena Kooi.