Senator Eigel News Today

A chorus of Missouri health care groups and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the senators were “endangering the well-being of millions of Missourians.”

Well, the House Ethics Committee probe into Speaker Plocher ended in the same manner that it began…a dumpster fire. 

Other GOP candidates for governor stop short of embracing the type of aggressive detain-and-deport program the Weldon Spring Republican has pitched.

The Super Bowl was Sunday and the very next day the Missouri Senate went into preseason mode with a six-hour session where the starters barely played and the outcome was never in doubt.

The filibuster has broken and now it's time for both sides to claim victory. 

 

Session began with members of the new and improved Washington ran conservative caucus now with House members saying they are not going to just kill things and attack their fellow Republicans…..well that’s pretty much exactly what went down for 12 hours today.

This afternoon, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer announced his retirement. He is a great Missourah statesman, and it will be just nigh impossible to replace him. 

Cindy O'Laughlin came into office after four years of chaos and played a key role in restoring a relatively normal session of the Missouri Senate.

It was made clear that both of their bills rural jobs and a property tax cut had to pass before anything of substance was going to move.