Sen. Scott Rupp, R-St. Louis, helped write the bill after he received complaints from constituents about robocalls made in his name. Although Rupp's campaign didn't make political robocalls, other third party organizations made robocalls without identifying their organization.
Sen. Scott Rupp, R-St. Louis, who supported the bill, said President George Bush's $700 billion bailout would balance the national economy, which in turn would help to diffuse MOHELA's credit issues.
For the budget conference committee, however, not one woman was among the three Senate Republican conferees. Instead, the most junior male member of the Appropriations Committee -- Sen. Scott Rupp, R-St. Charles County -- rather than two Republican women on the Appropriations Committee who had more seniority -- Sen. Norma Champion, R-Springfield, and Sen. Luann Ridgeway, R-Smithville.
Sen. Scott Rupp, R-Wentzville, is the Senate sponsor of the immigration bill and spoke against the amendment by citing previous problems with its passage. The amendment has been attached to several bills over the past three years and has faced consistent challenges in the House.
The sponsor of the bill, Sen. Scott Rupp, R-St. Louis, said there still might be a chance his bill could pass through, but he's turning his attention to getting individual critical House legislation on immigration passed in the Senate.
The issue is covered in two bills sponsored by Republican Senator Scott Rupp and Democratic Senator Tim Green. Rupp says the legislation is in response to the failure and unwillingness of the federal government to deal with the illegal immigration issue.
The issue of cyber harassment in the state has gained national attention following the suicide of Megan Meier, a St.Charles teen, in October 2006 and an increase in harassment on college campuses, according to Sen. Scott Rupp, R-St. Louis, the bill's sponsor.
The bill, proposed by Sen. Scott Rupp, R-St. Louis and co-sponsored by Sen. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, would make it a felony to be a spectator at at least two dogfights. Rupp said that in light of recent cases, such as the one involving Michael Vick, the committee should look at treating dogfighting spectators in the same way they do participants.
Description: "If you pass these both together you would render the current case moot and invite the submission of a brand new case. And why would we do that?"But Republican Senator Scott Rupp was concerned about the potential conflicts if one bill passed and the other didn't.
If a bill proposed by Sen. Scott Rupp, R-St. Louis, passes through the Senate Judiciary Committee, Missouri legislators could be faced with complicated questions regarding the constitutionality of legislation restricting the use of harrassing language over the Internet.
The bill's sponsor, Sen. Scott Rupp, R-Wentzville, says the bill is the result of a police bust last fall in Stoddard County, where officials found 26 dogs trained for fighting.
The bill's sponsor, Sen. Scott Rupp, R-Wentzville, says the bill is the result of a police bust last fall in Stoddard County, where officials found 26 dogs trained for fighting.