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12/3/2009 - Bills Pre-filed for next session reopen issues from last session:
But House Democratic leader Paul LeVota and Senate Republican leader Charlie Shields said recent indictments of lawmakers will cause ethics to be a big issue this session.
12/17/2009 - Federal recovery money spent on anti-smoking ads, census:
Rep. Dennis Wood, R-Kimberling City- who received $176 - and Brenda Shields, the wife of Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields - who received  $410 - are both members of the committee. The committee is important, Wood said, to ensure all Missourians are accurately counted in the 2010 Census. Since seats in the U.S. Congress are appropriated based on state population, Wood said there is concern that Missouri may lose a representative if the state's population is under-counted.
12/14/2009 - Bipartisan ethics bill filed:
Another bill sponsored Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, would ban contributions to legislators and the governor during a legislative session, create an independent ethics investigator and expand the definition of a lobbyist.
12/1/2009 - Columbia senator appointed vice-chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, announced Tuesday that Sen. Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia, would fill the post as the committee's vice-chairman.
12/1/2009 - Ethics reform will be big issue in upcoming legislative session:
Both Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, and House Minority Leader Paul LeVota, D-Jackson County, said those cases created a perception of corruption at the Capitol.
10/29/2009 - Nixon appoints new Economic Development Director:
Senate Republican leader Charlie Shields is among those who approves the appointment.
10/29/2009 - Nixon appoints new economic development director:
Senate Republican leader Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, said in the governor's press release, "I look forward to Director Kerr being an important part of the bipartisan effort by Gov. Nixon and the General Assembly to build a robust economic climate in Missouri."
9/24/2009 - Underlying issues suspected in recent Missouri legislator indictments:
But Senate leader Charlie Shields said when legislators are indicted, it doesn't just hurt their party.
9/24/2009 - Rep. El-Amin pleads guilty to bribery:
On the other side of the aisle, Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields says he doesn't want to pinpoint ethical issues on Democrats, or St. Louis Democrats for that matter.
9/2/2009 - Missouri Supreme Court finds school funding formula constitutional.:
Republican Senator Charlie Shields sponsored the new formula back in 2005, and said he wasn't surprised by the court's decision.
9/16/2009 - Senate Budget cuts leads to use of lobbyist funds. :
Wrap: Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields said that Senate budget cuts have lead to use of lobbyist funding.
9/16/2009 - Shields explains use of lobbyist funds:
Wrap: Senate President Pro-tem Charlie Shields said instead of using taxpayer money to pay for meals, the Senate has always used lobbyists' money.
9/1/2009 - Missouri Supreme Court Upholds School Funding Formula:
Republican Senator Charlie Shields sponsored the legislation 4 years ago and says the formula will continue to yield positive results.
9/1/2009 - School Funding Lawsuit Rejected:
The Senate's current president pro tem -- Sen. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph -- sponsored the current funding formula.  He said said the court's decision came as no surprise. He said the funding formula is not based on taxing capacity or tax rates of local school districts, but rather "on what it actually costs to educate a child."
5/6/2009 - Justus legally marries:
In response to her marriage, President Pro Tem of the Senate Republican Charlie Shields said the 2004 constitutional amendment bans gay marriage in Missouri and would not change her Missouri marital status.
5/4/2009 - Missouri's first openly gay senator wed this weekend:
Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, said he does not recognize Justus' marriage in this state. But despite disagreeing with her personal decision to get married, Shields said nothing will change inside the Capitol.
5/15/2009 - "Sleeper Cell Republicans" find their voice:
"The reality is this is a group of legislators who feel very strongly about reining in tax credits and that's probably an appropriate discussion," President Pro Tem Sen. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, said.
4/9/2009 - Disagreements over tax credits split Republican state senators:
At the conclusion of Thursday's session, the Senate's top Republican, Charlie Shields, of St. Joseph, called on the body to consider compromise during an extended Easter weekend and in the five remaining weeks of the legislative session.
4/2/2009 - Joint Resolution to expand state sex offender registry passes Senate:
Republican Senators Charlie Shields and Kevin Engler:
4/2/2009 - Joint Resolution to expand state sex offender registry passes Senate:
Sen. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, spoke of a 17-year-old boy convicted of statutory rape after having consensual sex with his 14-year-old girlfriend. According to the senator, one parent of the 14-year-old girl turned the boy in as leverage against the other parent.
3/4/2009 - Businesses stand to gain, don't debate:
The bills are sponsored by GOP Senators Charlie Shields of St. Joseph and Luann Ridgeway of Smithville.
2/19/2009 - Nixon urges passage of job-creation bill:
President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, said he doubts that discussion will be put aside but that the bill may still be passed by mid-March.
1/7/2009 - State legislature opens with higher education reform, emphasis on economic development:
In his opening address to the Senate, Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, spoke about tough economic times in Missouri and repeatedly referenced the need to reform higher education in the state.
1/27/2009 - Nixon's proposed budget to rely on $800 million from federal stimulus package:
Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, also said he liked what Nixon said about job creation. But Shields said he thinks the use of unauthorized stimulus money in balancing the state budget is imprudent.
1/27/2009 - In his State of the State address, Governor Nixon surprised Senators with a package he never mentioned before his speech.:
Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, a Republican from St. Joseph argued using the money for Medicaid was not appropriate.
1/26/2009 - State legislative leaders await balanced budget, bipartisanship cooperation in Nixon's State of the State address:
Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, said the elevated level of communication maintained between the governor's office and legislative leaders can help prevent a repetition of the state budget communication breakdown that happened under Holden's administration.
1/21/2009 - Nixon vows against 2010 higher education budget cuts:
Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, said he is doubtful about the feasibility of Nixon's promise to spare public higher education institutions from budget cuts. Noting that there is not yet a consensus state budget for 2010, Shields said making promises about the next fiscal year could be risky.
1/13/2009 - Energy leads Senate seminars:
The seminar is one of several put on by the Senate President Pro-Temp Charlie Shields and are designed to give the senators a chance to gain a comprehensive view of the energy policy that is up for debate this legislative session.  While time ran out before all the senators could ask their questions, meetings with energy lobbyists continued after the seminar in the offices of many senators.
1/12/2009 - Nixon sworn in as Missouri's 55th governor:
Similar positive comments about Nixon came from the Senate's Republican President Pro Tem, Charlie Shields.  "He has, at this point, surrounded himself with great staff and they have a history of this floor of the building of working with legislators."
- Missouri Government News for the Week of December 14, 2009:
Republican Senator Charlie Shields is also working on an ethics bill in the senate.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of December 7, 2009:
In preparation for the Congressional redistricting required following the 2010 Census, President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, announced the members of the Senate Select Committee on Redistricting.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of November 30, 2009:
In preparation for the Congressional redistricting required following the 2010 Census, President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, announced the members of the Senate Select Committee on Redistricting.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of September 28, 2009:
Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields and House Minority Leader Paul LaVota both said they are disappointed with El-Amin's actions.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of September 21, 2009:
Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields said he'd rather give taxpayers and break than lobbyists. 09/16/2009
- Missouri Government News for the Week of September 14, 2009:
  Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields said he'd rather give taxpayers and break than lobbyists. 09/16/2009
- Missouri Government News for the Week of May 11, 2009:
The Senate's top leader, Sen. President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, joked that it maybe was an effort by AmerenUE to protest the legislature's refusal to approve a rate-increase plan for a new nuclear power plant.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of March 9, 2009:
Republican Sens. Charlie Shields of St. Joseph and Luann Ridgeway of Cole County sponsored the bills and say ending the tax gives money back to Missouri job producers.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of March 2, 2009:
Republican Sens. Charlie Shields of St. Joseph and Luann Ridgeway of Cole County sponsored the bills and say ending the tax gives money back to Missouri job producers.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 23, 2009:
Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, said he has no doubt successful passage of the bill will meet a mid-March time frame, but he expressed a need to sort out the bill's job creation and tax credit goals.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 16, 2009:
Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, said he has no doubt successful passage of the bill will meet a mid-March time frame, but he expressed a need to sort out the bill's job-creation and tax credit goals.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 9, 2009:
President Pro Tem Sen. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, introduced a new scale to rate state-licensed childcare providers.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 2, 2009:
President Pro Tem Sen. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, introduced a new scale to rate state-licensed childcare providers.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of January 26, 2009:
Callahan said Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields appointed him in an effort to make Senate more bipartisan.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of January 19, 2009:
Callahan said Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields appointed him in an effort to make Senate more bipartisan.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of January 12, 2009:
With overcast skies and temperatures hovering around freezing, Kinder, Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields and House Speaker Ron Richard all said they appreciated that Nixon kept the speech short -- just eleven minutes. 
- Missouri Government News for the Week of January 5, 2009:
Newly elected Senate President Pro Tem Charlie Shields spoke about the higher education system being 'disorganized' in his opening speech to the Missouri Senate.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of December 21, 2009:
Republican Senator Charlie Shields is also working on an ethics bill in the senate.

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