* The Senate minority floor leader -- Ken Jacob, D-Columbia -- filed a bill to repeal legislative term limits that were passed by Missouri voters in 1992. Under term limits, ten of the Senate's 34 members will serve their final year in 2004. Some of the Senate's most influential members will be forced out including the president pro tem, Appropriations Committee Chairman and Jabcob himself. Jacob's term-limits repeal proposal is offered as a constitutional amendment that would requir..
However, political differences among committee members and other legislators pose problems for updating laws that are already years behind schedule. The political climate must be considered before any changes can be made, said Sen. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, who is a member of the tax committee.
Even if Dolan returns in time for the second day of the veto session, Republicans may face a filibuster from the Democratic opposition. Minority Floor Leader Ken Jacob said, "If he's going to be here for a short time, we may take advantage of that."
JEFFERSON CITY - The top Republican candidate for lieutenant governor charged late Wedneday afternoon that Missouri Senate Minority Leader Ken Jacob was "coaxed" into running for the position by State Auditor Claire McCaskill.
JEFFERSON CITY - The Senate's budget plan would give four colleges in Republican districts a greater share of the state's funding for higher education, while the University of Missouri, whose main campus is in the district of the Democratic minority leader Ken Jacob, would lose share.
Some Senate Democrats say the division comes down to different ideologies -- urban liberals versus rural moderates. Others say some party members are just angry they are no longer in charge. Still others accuse Minority Leader Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, of inflaming dissention.
In an unexpected turn of events following the defeat of Childers' half-cent increase, by voice-vote the Senate, without a sound in opposition, approved a much larger sales tax increase proposed by Sen. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, that would have raised $600 million for the state.
Sen. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, questioned the legality of the bill. He said he thinks federal law prohibits states from stopping programs once they are started.
"This, to me, is going to cause a dumbing down of Missouri," said Democratic Floor Leader Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, who led other Senate Democrats in opposing the bill.
Democratic senators stalled the budget with amendments and extended debate...John Russell, the chairman of the senate appropriations committee listened to criticism from democratic floor leader Ken Jacob.
Minority leader Sen. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, went as far as to call the budget a joke and that they were doing it (explitive deleted) backwards. He suggested the Senate should have debated and passed the revenue measures before banking on them in the budget.
The riverboat gambling bill has been sponsored by Democratic Sen. Ken Jacob, the minority floor leader from Columbia, but has received little attention until now.
But Sen. Ken Jacob, D-Boone County disagreed and called such measures "cruelty to human beings." He said the loss of jobs in Missouri is due to many factors but not a poor business climate as the Chamber of Commerce suggested in its statement Tuesday.
But, Senate Minority Leader, Ken Jacob of Columbia, says the chamber of commerce is misguiding its political power by protecting business interests and undermining the welfare of workers.
Senate Minority Leader Ken Jacob of Columbia says reform isn't the issue. Jacob says the chamber is using it's political influence to increase it's bottom line and decrease employee rights.
It is because of this provision, Columbia's Sen. Ken Jacob, D, said, he could not support Mathewson's proposal. If, instead, the university could decide whether to participate, like other regional colleges, Jacob said he would have supported it.
The bill would allow video gambling machines in businesses like bars and truck stops. The sponsor, Columbia-area senator Ken Jacob, says his bill offers a solution to Missouri's tough economic times. But, Jacob says there's opposition because many politicians don't want to seem pro-gambling. Jacob says the video machines would be a valuable tool for increasing revenue.
Sen. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, sponsored the constitutional amendment that would put excess taxes the state collects over its revenue lid set by the Hancock amendment into a revenue stabalization fund.
"A truck driver has an hour, wants to grab a bite to eat. He goes in there, plays the machine for a while and the state makes some money," said the bill's sponsor, Sen. Ken Jacob, D- Boone County.
Abortion rights advocates, including Senator Ken Jacob, say focus needs to be on family planning to help prevent teen pregnancies before abortion becomes an issue.
Opposers of the bill, including Democratic Leader Senator Ken Jacob, say the important issue is to prevent the pregnancies with family planning before abortion becomes a consideration.
"There is a problem with malpractice costs escalating in the state, there is no question about that," said Sen. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia. "But the Republican plan is to allow corporations to injure patients and workers. The scales of justice are tipping against patients."
JEFFERSON CITY - Local legislators are taking a hands-off approach to a report that Sen. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, is pushing legislation for personal reasons.
"Wouldn't you want the families to be able to sue gun manufacturers who allowed the (Washington D.C.) snipers to acquire those weapons," said Sen. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia.
Sen. Ken Jacobs, D-Columbia and minority senate leader, said the plan was too risky to adopt, especially since it didn't fully resolve this year's budget hole.
Senate Minority Leader Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, was a member of the committee and signed off on its criticisms of "hybrid" tobacco bonds. Yesterday (Wednesday) he spoke in favor of the governor's plan.
The leadership is also full of members who practice law when they are not serving in the legislature. Hanaway, Crowell, President Pro Tem of the Senate Peter Kinder, Senate Majority Leader Mike Gibbons and Senate Minority Leader Ken Jacob all have law degrees.
The announcement of Sen. Ken Jacob and Bekki Cook came after Lt. Gov. Joe Maxwell announced he would not seek re-election because of his wife's medical condititon.