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9/26/2007 - Sloca calls for Smith resignation:
Senate Minority Leader Maida Coleman and Democratic Senator Jolie Justus, who are both on the Jurisprudence Committee with Senator Smith, do not think a resignation is necessary.From the state capitol, I'm Beth Ford, KMOX News.
5/7/2007 - Senate rejects anti-bullying educational efforts:
An amendment to an education bill by Democratic Senator Jolie Justus led to an impassioned debate on the merits of anti-bullying educational programs.
5/2/2007 - Blunt taps Katie Smith as Director of the Department of Agriculture:
Both Harris and Sen. Jolie Justus, D-Jackson County, said on Wednesday that they believe the lawsuit against Elder should be dropped.
5/19/2007 - Term Limit Effects Appear:
In 2008, five current Senators will be ineligible to run for reelection. "Before term limits new Senators could sit and soak in the process, I donâ019t have time to sit back, I promised by constituents Iâ019d hit the ground running," said Sen. Jolie Justus, D-Kansas City. Justus recently completed her first session.
5/10/2007 - "Right to Kill" bill stalled in Senate:
The House version that allows the right to defend oneself  "in a place where he or she has a right to be" makes some Democrats, like Kansas City Senator Jolie Justus, uncomfortable.
4/30/2007 - Robb says funding will be restored to MU building:
The Senate removed funding from this project when it passed an appropriations bill that includes the list of projects funded by the sale of some of MOHELA's assets. Because Sen. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, and Sen. Jolie Justus, D-Kansas City, filibustered the wide-spanning higher education bill that includes the partial sale of MOHELA, $46 million of funding to projects in their districts were axed.
4/19/2007 - Senate gives preliminary passage to MOHELA bill:
Excluded from the list were a $31 million project slated to go to build the UM System's Ellis Fischel Cancel Center at MU and a $15 million allocation to a Pharmacy Building at the UM-Kansas City. The projects are in districts of Graham and Sen. Jolie Justus, D-Kansas City, who lead the filibuster against Nodler's bill.
4/19/2007 - UMC loses funding after Senate Filibuster:
Sen. Jolie Justus, D-Kansas City, said her constituents were against the bill and Republicans have threatened UMKC's funding since January while urging Justus to vote for the loan sale.
3/13/2007 - MOHELA compromise encouraged by Republicans:
Senator Jolie Justus, D- Kansas City, said part of the problem is ninety-nine percent of the negotiations about the MOHELA bill has been centered around the projects list and the changes to the list have affected the initial intent of the project.
2/27/2007 - Democrats call for investigation:
Sen. Jolie Justus, D-Kansas City, said the sexual harassment allegations, and the governor's actions once the allegations surfaced, represent a "culture of corruption" that exists in Missouri state government. She and other Democrats have called for the House and Senate to take immediate action because as litigators they are a balance for the executive branch.    
2/21/2007 - Childcare bill stalls in Senate:
Sen. Jolie Justus, D-Kansas City, said that single mothers often have to turn down raises and take lower paying jobs, because they cannot afford to lose their subsidized childcare. She proposed an higher increase from $7 an hour to $8.25 an hour.
2/20/2007 - Owning exotic animals targeted by legislature:
The "Large Carnivore Act," a measure that its sponsor, Sen. Jolie Justus, D-Jackson County, says is necessary to prevent tragedies like the one that struck Kansan Haley Hilderbrand, faced little resistance Tuesday in a Senate Agriculture, Conservation, Parks and Natural Resources Committee meeting.
1/16/2007 - Confirmation of UM curator might be blocked:
Supporters of Erdman said he should have no problem being approved by the committee and Senate. Erdman's own senator, Jolie Justus, D-Kansas City, said none of the senators she has spoken to have been against Erdman. She said the only opposition she has heard is from Bartle.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of May 7, 2007:
An amendment to an education bill by Democratic Senator Jolie Justus led to an impassioned debate on the merits of anti-bullying educational programs.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 26, 2007:
Sen. Jolie Justus  said the sexual harassment allegations and the Governor's actions once the allegations surfaced represent a "culture of corruption" that exists in the state government.  She and other Democrats have called for the House and Senate to take immediate action.    
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