Kinder's rival for Senate Pro tem, Sen. Ed Quick, D-Liberty, disagreed with Kinder about the court decision. Quick said he thought the money in question did not fall under the Hancock Amendment because it was from a voter approved tax.
Nachtigal was joined in the somber announcement by House Speaker Steve Gaw, Wilson, Senate President Pro Tem Ed Quick, State Auditor Claire McCaskill, Attorney General Jay Nixon and red-eyed members of the governor's staff.
To illustrate just how slow the General Assembly has moved this session, Senate President Pro Temp Ed Quick that only 4 proposals have cleared both chambers compared to one hundred at this same time last year.
But, looking back on the year, the Democratic leader of the Senate, Ed Quick, says he's worried about a trend towards partisan bickering interfering with law making.
A similar bill was bottled up in committee and made it to the Senate too late for a vote last year. This year, it's supported by Senate President Pro Tem Ed Quick, who said the new limit has "as good or better opportunity than it ever had to pass Senate."
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