Missouri Senate halts veto session
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Missouri Senate halts veto session

Date: September 11, 2014
By: Katie Hynes
State Capitol Bureau

Intro: 
The veto session came to a halt after lawmakers overrode Governor Jay Nixon's veto of a bill that triples the wait time for a woman to get an abortion.
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Wrap: Late Wednesday night Senate Democratic Leader Jolie Justus filibustered on the Senate floor.

Senator David Sater, Republican from southwestern Missouri, motioned to cut off debate.

This was something not seen since 2007.

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Description: I have a motion to move to the previous question. Mr. President I have a substitute motion. Send your motion forward, Senator.

Once the bill passed on a straight party-line vote of 23 to 7, Missouri became the third state in the U.S. to have a 72 hour abortion waiting period.

The last time the Senate ended a filibuster also involved a debate on abortion.  

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Katie Hynes.