Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said that although Shields' bill is strong in its other provisions, it comes up short of the ethics reform the state needs. Bray, like Green, sits on the Ethics Committee with Shields.
State legislators, such as Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County and Budget Chairman Rep. Allen Icet, R-St. Louis County, said they supported the governor's strategy to make it clear what he wants early.
One instance occurred late Wednesday night during debate on an abortion bill when Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said, "I'm sick of the ethic around here of men that are pro-life for their wives and pro-choice for their girlfriends."
Bill sponsor Rob Mayer, R-Dexter, said the bill would help to protect unborn children, but Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said that extending the waiting period doesn't make the fetus or the woman any safer.
Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said that when Democrats held a majority in the House, they were constantly bickering and that internal arguments among a political party are normal.
It wasn't long until Democrats Rita Days and Joan Bray seized the opportunity to mock the bill, supporting amendments for holidays like Groundhog's Day, Juneteenth and...
Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, questioned whether higher education should be the top priority, citing mental health as a division needing state dollars.
The bill did not gain the support of two of the Senate's more liberal Democrats, senators Jolie Justus, D-Jackson County, and Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County.
St. Louis Democrat Joan Bray said those who don't work but their disability or child support payments make them too wealthy for Medicaid wouldn't be covered.
The four senators who voted against the motion cited a number of reasons. Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said she didn't see any substantial differences between the original draft and Schaefer's rewrite. Sen. Luann Ridgeway, R-Smithville, said she is concerned about the effect of rate increases on industrial electricity consumers.
Some opponents of computers in the chamber, such as Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, would also like to ban the use of handheld devices in the Senate chamber. Sen. Jeff Smith was one of several senators on his Blackberry for much of the debate on the issue.
With the high number of foreclosures across the nation, one St. Louis County State Senator has introduced a bill that would put a year long moratorium on foreclosures in the state. Democrat Joan Bray said her bill is aimed to keep more people in their houses during difficult times.
"The value of state workers is high, should be high," said Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County. "We should value ourselves, but also other officials like the judiciary. We should value them and our actions should reflect those values."
"I'm questioning the wisdom of Missouri throwing all of its energy and political will into one company and taking away what might be developed otherwise if we don't this," Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said. "I think Missouri should be exploring all kinds of energy development, not just putting all its political will into one plant for one company. I think we ought to be developing all the alternatives we can find and really exploring that because the long-term jobs b..
"It was a really good opportunity to get together to have a discussion of an issue without a bill in front of us with specifics where you'd have to worry about language, but more where we're talking in terms of ideas," Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said.
Democratic St. Louis County Sens. Joan Bray and Rita Days took to the Senate floor to make fun of a Republican-sponsored bill officially recognizing the legislature's winter break as Christmas break.
Democratic St. Louis County Sens. Joan Bray and Rita Days took to the Senate floor to make fun of a Republican-sponsored bill officially recognizing the legislature's winter break as Christmas break.
Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, introduced a bill that calls for a daily public posting of nursing assignments on every hospital floor in Missouri.
Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, introduced a bill that calls for a daily public posting of nursing assignments on every hospital floor in Missouri.