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Amendment lets all legislators have continual access to the Capitol Dome.

Date: May 4, 2010
By: Scott Kanowsky
State Capitol Bureau

Intro:  A southern Missouri state senator's amendment to give legislators continual access to the Capitol Dome dominated nearly an hour of discussion in the Senate.
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Wrap: Cape Girardeau Senator Jason Crowell proposed an amendment giving all representatives at the Missouri Statehouse a key to the Capitol Dome.

Crowell argued that he goes up to the Dome regularly in and out of session.

He listed a number of reasons why this would be a good idea.

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Description: "That as a special constituent moment that you can take your constituents on a tour, that you can show them special aspects of their state Capitol, which happens to be something that I do for my constituents."

The commissioner of the Office of Administration currently holds the only the key to the dome and all legislators have to ask him to use it.

The Senate passed the amendment.

From the State Capitol, I'm Scott Kanowsky.

Intro:  A Kansas City senator voiced her opposition to an amendment letting Representatives have keys to the Capitol dome.
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Wrap: The amendment allows all legislators in Jefferson City to go up to the Capitol Dome at any time both in and out of session.

Senator Yvonne Wilson urged the amendment's sponsor to move on to more important matters.

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Description: "I hope that this amendment or whatever satisfies you to the extent that we don't have to keep on addressing something like this and we can get on with issues that, I think, are far more important for our constituents."

The amendment passed the Senate.

Bills with similar amendments have been vetoed twice by the last two Missouri governors.

From the State Capitol, I'm Scott Kanowsky.