Wrap: After Governor Jay Nixon says he will offer state help to St. Louis County parks, St. Louis County Senator Jim Lembke says it is unconstitutional to use money dedicated to state parks to fund county parks.
The Government Accountability Committee intends to investigate the Department Economic Development's procedures to determine if there are enough safeguards in place to protect taxpayer dollars, Chairman Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, said. The committee also wants to know how much the Department of Economic Development recomendation influenced the local government's decision to invest.
The committee will examine the process used to determine which programs the government chooses as investments for the taxpayer's money, said Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, the committee's chairman.
Among those arguing to simply end the session was Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County. "It's my position that we shouldn't be doing targeted tax credits in the first place," Lembke said, adding that he thought tax credits and the China cargo hub discussion should be delayed until the regular session so it can be seriously addressed.
The Missouri Health Insurance Pool planned to vote on beginning the implementation process of Obama's health care plan, a process Republican Senator Jim Lembke of St. Louis says he feels cuts Senators out of the process.
Senator Jim Lembke of St. Louis was stunned to hear that there was any motion toward a vote on passing a healthcare plan today. Lembke says there was a clear attempt to go over the heads of state senators.
Funding for call center improvements in Missouri would come from a sales tax. However, Missouri Republican Senator Jim Lembke said voters have shut down this proposal twice.
Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, said he was not trying to punish Missourians but wanted to send a message to the federal government about its excessive spending habits.
Missouri's House overwhelmingly approved the extended benefits months ago, but the proposal has hit a major roadblock in the Senate. Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, has led a filibuster against the funds and said Missouri needs to send a message to Washington about irresponsible spending. Lembke said rejecting the funds would save the federal government $96 million.
Unemployment benefits ended on April 2, and a vote to approve the extension had been halted by a filibuster in the Senate. On April 6, Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, said he was not trying to punish unemployed Missourians but wanted to send a message to the federal government to stop overspending.
Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, said he moved back a hearing on privatizing the lottery because none of the vendors working with the lottery are willing to testify until after they are finished with the lottery. Lembke is the chairman of the Senate Governmental Accountability Committee, which is to hold a hearing on lottery privatization once the process begins next month.
"You have the federal government stealing from this generation and generations to come by spending money they don't have," Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, said in a radio interview on using federal money for unemployment benefits, which he blocked in the Senate.
Senator Jane Cunningham says Catholic schools are willing to donate eight-thousand five-hundred seats for students and thinks a compromise can be made with bill sponsor Senator Jim Lembke (Lem-key).
The tougher restrictions did not win over one of the legislature's harshest critics of automatic camera enforcement — Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County — who charges the systems impair public safety and violate constitutional rights.
The chair of the Senate committee's investigation, Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, said his committee is still waiting on receiving documents it has requested. Lembke said the committee might receive the documents next week.
Meanwhile, the chair of the Senate committee Jim Lembke said the Senate committee is still waiting on receiving documents it has requested. Lembke said the committee may receive the documents next week.
The four senators are Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis, Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, Sen. Will Kraus, R-Lee's Summit, and Sen. Brian Nieves, R-Washington.
The four senators are Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis, Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, Sen. Will Kraus, R-Lee's Summit, and Sen. Brian Nieves, R-Washington.
Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, says he will continue to fillibuster the bill if it is brought back up because he says it is wrong for the federal government to send borrowed money to the states.