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Over 50 Hours Of Filibustering In This Year's Session
Many perceive the statement made by Senator Bill Eigel, “myself, along with some of the other senators you’ve met today, have filibustered the Senate floor for over 50 hours” to be a negative thing. A recent article from the “Columbia Missourian” event stated, “during this session, Moon, Eigel and Onder (each leaders of the Conservative Caucus) have largely taken the lead in the caucus’ obstinacy, and the group still has time to kill legislation in the final days of session. To get an understanding for why the caucus filibustered so much listen to a list of bills that the Republican leadership wanted to pass, but was instead filibustered:
Huge Budget Increase Approved By the General Assembly
By Senator Mike Moon
The nearly $50 million budget was agreed to last Friday. I voted “no” on all budget bills this year. The reason: the state budget increased nearly $15 billion over the 2021 budget. There is no guarantee the increases can be continued in the future. Increases in pay to state workers, additional workers added to the state payroll, more spending on government programs, et cetera, will lead to higher inflation.
And, consider this: the legislature has a requirement to pass a “balanced” budget. How can we say the budget we’ve passed is balanced? If the money delivered to the state via the federal government is removed, Missouri is ‘under water’ to the tune of about $25 billion. The reality is Missouri is in huge financial trouble!
Here are the highlights:
Medicaid, including the expansion of the program, is fully funded.
$500 million to give Missouri taxpayers a tax credit. Eligible citizens must have a 2021 income less than $150,000 a year for individuals or $300,000 for married couples. The exact amount to each taxpayer is unknown but it could be in the neighborhood of a couple hundred dollars per person.
$500 million for the Missouri State Employees Retirement System
$411 million for water and wastewater infrastructure upgrades
$250 million to expand rural broadband internet access
$200 million to nursing homes for rate increases to care for low-income Missourians
$100 million to repair rural lettered roads
$75 million for a cost share program for local road and bridge construction projects
$2.4 million for two daily Amtrak round trips from St. Louis to Kansas City
$3.56 billion in state aid to K-12 public schools
$328 million to fully fund the state’s share of school transportation costs – an increase of $214 million compared to the current fiscal year. According to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the last time the state fully funded its share was in 1991.
$37 million to increase pay for experienced K-12 public school teachers by restarting the Career Ladder program. The effort allows teachers with at least five years of experience to earn extra money for participating in additional activities in the school setting.
$22 million to boost the minimum K-12 public school teacher pay from $25,000 annually to $38,000 through a state and local matching grant program. (The state would shore up 70% of the funds and the local district would be required to cover the remaining 30%.) The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education says about 4,000 teachers make between $25,000 and $35,000.
$50 million in Close the Gap grants to provide up to $1,500 to some families for tutoring, summer learning and other educational opportunities related to pandemic-era learning loss. Low-income families would be prioritized for the one-time grants.
$5.8 million to help underperforming K-12 public schools improve student performance.
$1 million to fund school safety grants.
$600,000 for dyslexia programs.
$475 million to the University of Missouri System.
$103 million to Missouri State University.
$61 million to the University of Central Missouri.
$46 million to Truman State University.
$34 million to Northwest Missouri State University.
$31 million to Missouri Southern State University.
$29 million to Lincoln University.
$25 million to Missouri Western State University.
$12.6 million to Harris Stowe State University.
$8.5 million to State Technical College of Missouri.
$10 million in core funding for the state’s community colleges.
$84 million for the Access Missouri financial aid program.
$10 million to Fast Track Workforce Incentive grants.
$50 million court settlement to Department of Corrections officers for overtime costs.
$45.5 million to reimburse counties for housing and transporting state prisoners.
$500,000 to create a nursery program for some female state prisoners to raise their newborns behind prison walls.
24 new staff support positions within the Missouri Public Defender System.
[Action] Greatest Threat To Liberty Will Be On The Senate Floor This Week
By Ron Calzone
With one week left in the current session of the Missouri Legislature, the greatest threat to liberty is HJR 79. It is supposed to be on the Senate floor this week. HJR 79 would result in a HUGE power shift to Missouri courts. Here's why this is critical:
HJR 79 is a proposed amendment to the Missouri Constitution that would primarily do two things:
Double the signatures required for citizens to propose a constitutional amendment when government is oppressive or unresponsive, and
Require a 2/3 vote to ratify amendments to the state Constitution.
On the surface, both of those changes may sound good, but here are the problems with each:
Doubling the signatures required would do very little to slow down the deep pocket interests that want to do things you and I don't want done to the Missouri Constitution, but at the same time doubling the signature count would make it virtually impossible for a grassroots petition drive. A 2/3 ratification vote would mean that the left-leaning urban areas of the state would be able to effectively veto liberty amendments by merely mustering a 1/3 no vote – an easy task.
Yes, 2/3 would make it harder for the left to amend the constitution with a ballot measure, too, but the left works through the courts more than anything, where the vote of the people does not matter. A 2/3 ratification vote requirement would be a HUGE power shift to the courts!
[Action] Call Senator Sandy Crawford and the other Republicans in the state Senate, and tell them to vote “no” on HJR 79 OR change it to the Concurrent Majority ratification. See full article and action here.
‘Crescendo Of Craziness’: Missouri Legislature Enters Final Week With Long To-Do List
Missouri lawmakers enter the final week of the legislative session Monday with a laundry list of unfinished business and long-simmering tensions threatening to derail any hope of progress. After finishing work on the largest state budget in Missouri history last week, GOP super majorities in the House and Senate hope to begin ticking through election-year priorities before the final gavel falls on the 2022 session at 6 p.m. Friday. From long-term goals — making it harder to change the constitution through the initiative petition process — to election-year additions to the agenda — blocking transgender students from participating on sports teams that match their gender identity — Republicans have all the votes they need to enact their vision for state government.
Continue reading here.
[Listen] 5 Things Won In The Senate Election Integrity Bill
Marc Cox had guest Senator Bob Onder join “The Morning Show.” They discuss a new election integrity bill, a bill to add protections against eminent domain in regards to green energy, and re-districting. Here are the 5 major highlights that should be celebrated from the Election Integrity bill: photo ID’s required, ban on drop boxes, hand written paper ballots, ban on mail in ballots (with exceptions), ban on private money to be used for private elections. The bill will be sent to the House next before being placed on the Governor’s desk.
Start listening at at 23.07min here.
Social Media Highlights:
1) ICYMI [In Case You Missed It]: Governor Mike Parson’s increased your taxes significantly… https://twitter.com/DLHoskins/status/1522633372161527808
2) https://twitter.com/NickBSchroer/status/1523687183718424576
3) https://twitter.com/AFPMissouri/status/1522589043090931714
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