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12/13/2006 - Elson Floyd to step down as UM president:
Rep. Judy Baker, D-Columbia, says she is disappointed by the move considering Floyd's positive contributions to higher education in Missouri.
8/23/2006 - commission makes mental health recommendations :
Rep. Judy Baker, D-Columbia, said the recommendations were positive but the mental  health department doesn't have the resources it needs. "The Mental Health Department has been cut badly in the recent past and they never recovered and there is nothing to address that in this report." 
8/23/2006 - New guidelines for habilitation centers:
Columbia Democrat Judy Baker says that while there are some very positive things in the report handed down by the Commission, she says it doesn't address funding issues.
5/13/2006 - Rifts emerged among Republican leadership on final day of session:
Rep. Judy Baker, D-Columbia, said the disputes among Republican leadership led to inaction this session.
5/04/2006 - House passes voter ID bill:
Fellow democrat of Columbia, Rep. Judy Baker voiced similar concerns.
4/21/2006 - Higher Education Funding Cap:
Rep. Judy Baker, D-Columbia, voiced concern on the House floor. She said that inflation rates for higher education were higher than the average and so the increase would not match the needs of the state higher institutions.
4/14/2006 - Missouri Senate prepares to take on disabled workers assistance bill:
"At the very least, we could have adopted a proposed premium cap of four percent of recipient's income, which is the average of what state legislators pay in premiums for their taxpayer-funded health insurance," said Rep. Judy Baker, D-Columbia, back in March. "In this bill, however, we are asking these low-income disabled workers to pay premiums of 7.5 percent. This seems hypocritical."
4/13/2006 - Boone County legislators sound off on possible investigation:
"I have picked up some nervousness around here (this week) about lobbying," said Rep. Judy Baker, D-Columbia, "People are a little bit skiddish about what the rules are and how to follow them and keep your nose clean."
4/11/2006 - House passes bill capping tuition for higher education:
However, Harris and Rep. Judy Baker, D-Columbia, argued that the higher education inflation rate was sometimes higher than regular inflation.
4/06/2006 - House passes Stand Your Ground bill:
Rep. Judy Baker, D-Columbia, voted against the bill, saying the current laws on the books already protect a person from being prosecuted for somebody entering their home.
4/04/2006 - Education Protest:
Rep. Judy Baker, D-Columbia disagreed.
3/15/2006 - Parties clash over House health care bills:
"It is our responsibility to see to it that our citizens' basic needs are met," said Rep. Judy Baker, D-Columbia, on the House floor. "When are we going to tend to those basic needs?"
3/01/2006 - House restores some assistance to disabled workers:
"At the very least, we could have adopted a proposed premium cap of four percent of recipient's income, which is the average of what state legislators pay in premiums for their taxpayer-funded health insurance," said Judy Baker, D-Columbia, in a written statement. "In this bill, however, we are asking these low-income disabled workers to pay premiums of 7.5 percent. This seems hypocritical."
2/9/2006 - House Republicans break with governor's original proposal:
Democratic Representative Judy Baker said that currently confusion reigns on the subject of MOHELA's future. She says she wants to see more financial officers, students, parents and stakeholders involved in the process.
2/9/2006 - Missouri House Republicans have split with their party's governor:
Democratic Representative Judy Baker says that currently, confusion reigns on the subject of MOHELA's future. Baker says she wants to see more financial officers, students, parents and stakeholders involved in the process.
2/09/2006 - House Republicans announce plan to divvy up funds from MOHELA sale :
Rep. Judy Baker, D-Columbia said confusion is reigning after a third plan on how to use the funds from the partial MOHELA sale -- in reference to Blunt changing his initial proposal after the MOHELA board offered a counter plan.
1/31/2006 - Amid scandal in D.C., legislators consider lobbying reform :
In 2005, Rep. Judy Baker, D-Columbia, Sen. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, Rep. Jeff Harris, D-Columbia, Rep. Steve Hobbs, R-Mexico, Rep. Ed Robb, R-Columbia and Rep. Wes Shoemyer, D-Clarence, received a combined total of over $8,000 in meals, travel and entertainment from lobbyists.
1/23/2006 - Democrats Propose Health Care Package:
Democrat Judy Baker said the state must fight back.
- Efforts to reform Medicaid failed this legislative session :
Rep. Judy Baker, D-Columbia, expressed concern for the manner in which the state's overall health care is handled and was disappointed that nothing substantive has come from the Medicaid Reform Commission report.
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