The other Senate race that the major parties are really fighting for includes Jefferson City and the central part of the state. Jefferson City Reps. Bill Gratz, a Democrat, and Carl Vogel, a Republican, are competing to succeed Larry Rohrbach, R-California, who served 12 years in the Senate.
Sen. Larry Rohrbach, R-California, succeeded in getting a major part of the bill taken out. The section known as the Local Economic Opportunities Act would have divided some tax revenues into separate accounts that would have gone to different regions in the state.
Earlier this year, Gov. Bob Holden proposed using the Rainy Day Fund to pay for programs in the next fiscal year. That proposal was opposed by many Republican lawmakers and failed to receive the necessary two-thirds majority during budget debate in the House. Committee member Sen. Larry Rohrbach, R-California, said using the fund for unexpected shortfalls in the current budget is different.
Sen. Larry Rohrbach, R-California, said he didn't have a problem with the user fee concept of the fuel tax, but called the proposed sales tax hike "regressive."
Sen. Larry Rohrbach, R-California, questioned the use of contracting with private lobbyists to represent their institutions. Staff of the Senate Appropriations Committee identified seven private lobbyists who had been hired by public universities -- none were identified as hired by the University of Missouri.
Sen. Larry Rohrbach, R-California, noted the large number of lobbyists present at the hearing and asked Pacheco whether the university system had too many lobbyists. Pacheco responded that university employs only one lobbyist who has one part-time staff member, but individual campuses may undertake their own efforts.
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