Wrap: The Senate's only physician Dr. Rob Schaaf repeatedly asked Health and Senior Services director Gail Vasterling if Governor Jay Nixon has been involved in any discussions about the state's preparedness for Ebola.
"You want us to go from around $4.1 billion in total indebtedness up to like $4.7 billion?" asked Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph. "Now we're looking at a bill to borrow $600 million. How does this make any sense?"
Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, sponsored the bill because of what he called "shenanigans" that have taken place involving the recent executions in Missouri.
Wrap: St. Joseph Republican Senator Rob Schaaf says Gov. Jay Nixon and his staff did not provide data to House and Senate economists on which to base their higher revenue projections for fiscal year 2015.
The package of business tax breaks hit a filibuster from Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph. He offered an amendment that just added a single column, and then proclaimed to the Senate he had no intention of calling for a vote on his amendment -- effectively announced he was going to kill the bill.
The package of business tax breaks hit a filibuster from Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph. He offered an amendment that just added a single column, and then proclaimed to the Senate he had no intention of calling for a vote on his amendment -- effectively announced he was going to kill the bill.
About 55 students of Pershing Elementary School in St. Joseph were in attendance during the Senate hearing. According to Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, students at Pershing Elementary have been trying for five or six years to pass a similar measure.
About 55 students of Pershing Elementary School in St. Joseph were in attendance during the Senate hearing. According to Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, students at Pershing Elementary have been trying for five or six years to pass a similar measure.
"You are following the NRA blindly...and you're not being a free thinker," Nasheed said to Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St.Joseph, who made the motion to reconsider her amendment.