Intro: After lawmakers filed bills for the 2008 legislative session Monday, St. Louis Democrat Senator Jeff Smith spoke about a trend he sees in Republican issues.
He is the second Democratic senator to face misdemeanor charges this year. Last month, Sen. Jeff Smith, D-St. Louis, was charged with using a false ID to enter the Boonville gambling casino.
Intro: Missouri Republican leader Paul Sloca called for Democratic Senator Jeff Smith to step down from the Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee.
Sen. Jeff Smith, D-St. Louis City, brought forth an amendment that garnered an outburst of laughter from lawmakers. Also quickly withdrawn after being read, it would have named Sen. Jack Goodman, R-Mt. Vernon, as the state's invertebrate. Goodman was handling the crayfish bill in the Senate for its sponsor, Rep. Dennis Wood, R-Kimberling City.
A member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Jeff Smith, D-St. Louis, said that he doesn't support the death penalty, nor the creation of an execution team to administer it.
"He's a marathon runner. I expect him to go on into the night," said Sen. Jeff Smith, D-St. Louis. Smith is a freshman senator who disagrees with Bartle's stem-cell stance, but vowed to sit through his entire filibuster.
Democratic Representative Joe Aull and Democratic Senator Jeff Smith along with a Kansas City lobbyist were charged with a misdemeanor after misusing a player's gambling card at the Isle of Capri Casino in Boonville.
Democratic Representative Joe Aull and Democratic Senator Jeff Smith along with a Kansas City lobbyist were charged with a misdemeanor after misuing a player's gambling card at the Isle of Capri Casino in Boonville.