May 13, 2010 Volume 6, Number 19
In This
Issue
.
Final Week of
Session
.
A Little Bit
of Humor.
E-Mail
cynthia.davis@house.mo.gov
Find me
on
Committees
Special
Committee on Children and Families
Chair
Official Homepage for
Official Government Homepage for your
Look up
Look up
Consumer Complaints & Fraudulent
Activity, No-Call List
Federal
Links
Congressman Blaine
Luetkemeyer
Final
Week of Session
Here I
am with Dick Bott who was honored for being an Outstanding Missourian
yesterday in our chamber. He is the founder and CEO of the largest
Christian Radio Network in the
As we put the finishing touches on the 2010 session, I will not know which bills have made it through the process until tomorrow. A lot of negotiations continue even as I write this report, but I will let you know in future Capitol Reports when the dust settles. As of now, the only dust settling is coming off the golf clubs of the senators: Senate Golf plans.
Below is
an article from the POLICIAL FIX
May 11, 2010, 1:11 pm
Three
days left, so Senate plans a golf outing
Post-Dispatch
UPDATE: House
Speaker Ron Richard, R-Joplin, is none too happy about senators
taking part of the day off. In a written statement, he
said:
"While I am
pleased that
Tee time is
reportedly set for 4 p.m. at the Arnold Palmer-designed Osage
National Golf Course at
"I'm trying
to get senators to work together in a social environment, and it seems to
be working," Green said. "It has brought a little more
cohesiveness."
With only
three days left in the legislative session, you might think the workload
would crowd out leisure time this week. But Majority Leader Kevin Engler,
R-Farmington, said the Senate is caught
up.
"There's
nothing ready. Most of our stuff's sitting in the House," he said,
singling out abortion, autism and
pornography bills.
Before they
leave, senators will try to wrap up a complicated bill rewriting the
education funding formula. They bandied it about until nearly 10
p.m. Monday night.
Voter ID
requirements and an agriculture measure are slated for
debate Wednesday, Engler said. The Senate will work late Wednesday
and Thursday, he added.
Mandatory
adjournment is at 6 p.m. Friday.
So which
lobbyist is paying for the golf outing? Green wouldn't say and a few
lobbyists quizzed in the halls didn't know.
"It's not
me," said Mark Rhoads.
"I'll be glad to," said David Klarich.
"I'll take them golfing the next three days."
(end of
article)
Speaker
Richard's office released this additional comment regarding bills
lingering in the Senate:
"Here is a quote from the Speaker's office:
"House Bill 1377 is also sitting quietly in the hands of the
Senate, which would require drug testing to be conducted for welfare
recipients. We are waiting on the Senate to move House Joint
Resolution 88, proposed constitutional amendment that works to assure
state sovereignty. Rep.
Both my
Healthcare Freedom Act (HJR 48) -which gives providers the ability to
opt out of the insurance mandates and my House Bill 1327 -that prevents
women from being coerced into having unwanted abortions- passed out
of the House and yet both are stalled in the Senate. While the
Senate still has time to pass these bills, at this point it seems like
they are maintaining their reputation of watering down whatever we send
them. It's par for the course.
Your
thoughts are important to me, so please let me know what you think about
the 2010
A Little
Bit of Humor . . .
This
Capitol Report is a weekly column by Representative Cynthia
Davis, from the
19th District, covering events in the Missouri Legislature and
district-wide issues.
? If
you know anyone who would like to receive my Capitol Report, please send
an e-mail to Cynthia Davis with the
person's name and e-mail address. We'll add them to the
list.
?
If you would like to stop receiving the
Capitol Report click unsubscribe
and
write "unsubscribe" in the email su