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“The only opportunity for passage of that bill, I would imagine, is going to be maybe in the last day of session, but maybe not even then,” said state Sen. Bill Eigel, a Weldon Spring Republican.
Walt Garlington says the Good Old Boy Network exists everywhere, and the only real solution is a commitment to Christian principles.
Some Republican lawmakers are pushing back as the conservative Freedom Caucus Networks expands from Washington, D.C., into state capitols. The organization is attempting to push the Republican Party further to the right. But some fellow Republicans don't like the group's aggressive tactics of obstructing legislative work and publicly criticizing their colleagues. Missouri's Senate leader recently stripped four Freedom Caucus members of their committee leadership posts and prominent parking spots. Some Freedom Caucus members also have lost leadership spots or been excluded from the Republican c...
In state capitols around the country, Republican legislative leaders are pushing back against a growing network of conservative lawmakers attempting to pull the party further to the right with aggressive tactics aimed not at Democrats but at members of their own party.
Recent discord in the Missouri Senate prompted the Jasper County Republican Central Committee’s executive board to issue a public statement calling for "unity and a complete overhaul of behavior."