Jackson County's Republican Senator, Matt Bartle, isn't pushing for or opposing a cigarette tax increase. Bartle says voters need to understand that money from the tax will help fund Medicaid. But Bartle says he won't take a stand.
State senator Matt Bartle, R- Jackson Couty, tried to pass a bill last legislative session that would making cloning human beings illegal. Bartle said he thinks the proposed amendment is a huge mistake because it would effectively wave the state's right to pass its own stem cell laws.
A coalition of stem cell research supporters says it wants to prevent Missouri from restricting stem cell research and its cures. State Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Matt Bartle, from Jackson County, is an opponent of the proposal. He says the state shouldn't give up the right to pass it's own stem cell laws.
The issue was not included in the governor's special session call and the legislative leader for the ban -- Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee's Summit -- said he had not immediate plans to bring it up.
JEFFERSON CITY - Sen. Matt Bartle wants to clarify the state's indecent exposure law to make sure sexual predators don't slip through the cracks in public schools.
Social conservatives such as Loudon or Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee's Summit, said the failure to complete an abortion bill or ban stem cell research were significant disappointments.
He said the pressure he exerted in favor of the stem-cell ban, which died that night after its sponsor, Sen. Matt Bartle (R-Jackson County) finally relented, came from an authority greater than politics.
Graham told the Associated Press that his desire for the seat went up when Talent signed onto anti-cloning legislation similar to that of Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee's Summit. Graham led the opposition to Bartle's bill, which was halted in the Missouri Senate when faced with dissent from both Republicans and Democrats.
Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee's Summit, said capping a factor to account for differences in salary across the state at an additional 10 percent was unfair because it did not sufficiently account for additional expenses accrued by urban and suburban school districts. Bartle said school districts, such as those in his suburban Jackson County district, needed more than rural districts to pay higher teacher salaries.
Bill sponsor Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee's Summit, said that he worked for three years to get the legislation on the floor, and urged his colleagues to think about cloning ethically.
JEFFERSON CITY - Republican Matt Bartle of Jackson County says Missouri's porn industry has thrived too much under what he says are laws that have fallen behind.
In response to a lengthy exchange between Rep. Rachel Bringer, D-Palmyra and committee staff members, Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee's Summit, questioned the need for such thorough inquiry.
The bill, sponsored by Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee's Summit, would outlaw human cloning and stem cell research, which some scientists say could lead to cures of degenerative diseases.
JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri Senate Transportation Committee heard a bill that would allow I-70 to become a toll road. The bill's sponsor, Senator Matt Bartle, says there is not enough money for the road without the toll.
After the vote, Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee's Summitt, who chairs the committtee and sponsors the bill, said the decision made was extremely difficult, and the issue still has many steps left to go within the Missouri Senate.
Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Jackson County, presented a bill to the Senate Judiciary Committee that would outlaw human cloning, defining the creation of a human as the egg of a human female fertilized by the sperm of a human male.
The amendment's sponsor -- Sen. Matt Bartle, R-Lee's Summit -- said the Senate needed to maximize the tools available to improve the body's ability to govern. Proponents said computers would reduce paper, making the body more efficient while allowing constituents to contact lawmakers by email about issues currently as they are being debated in the Senate.
State Republicans disgaree and say they plan to use their majorities in the House and Senate to pass a plan limiting lawsuits, not insurance companies. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Matt Bartle says the Democratic bill will be given a full hearing, but is worried that restrictions could drive insurance companies from Missouri.
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