"With the vacancies coming Jan. 3, I believe the Republicans will have the majority for a while," said Democratic leader Sen. Ronnie DePasco, D-Kansas City.
Sen. Ronnie DePasco, D-Kansas City, said staff had advised him that during a veto session the Senate may not be allowed to consider any thing except vetoes.
The ethics commission's hiring of Senate Majority Leader Ronnie DePasco's nephew, Brian Hess, has been met with wary reaction by the state Republican committee's spokesman.
Daryl Duwe, a spokesman for the state Republican party, says the ethics commission's recent hiring of Senate Majority Leader Ronnie DePasco's nephew, Brian Hess, raises certain questions.
After the resignation of Michael Mullett, who oversaw the computerized section of the Ethics Commission, the committee decided to hire Brian Hess, the nephew of Sen. Ronnie DePasco, D-Kansas City.
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