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Senate Debate over GOP Aide's Financial Dealings

On a party-line vote, the Senate derailed a Democratic effort calling for an investigation into the financial interests of the chief of staff for Senate's top leader. JiaoJiao Shen has more from Jefferson City.

The resolution for an investigation was sponsored by Senator Harold Caskey. He said he wants an investigation of the Senate President Pro Tem's chief of staff.

Caskey says Kinder's Chief of Staff David Barklage held financial interests in a political consulting firm.

But Caskey says he is not convicting Barklage.

Barklage's consulting firm reported substantial financial gain while he worked for Kinder.

But by a straight party-line vote, the Senate referred the resolution to the Senate Rules Committee, controlled by Republcians.

Jefferson City, JiaoJiao Shen.

Senate Democrats are calling for an investigation into the financial interests of the top staffer for the Senate's top leader. JiaoJiao Shen reports from the Capitol.

Butler Democratic Senator Harold Caskey says he wants to know if there was anything illegal in the financial interests of the Senate President Pro Tem's chie of staff.

David Barklage owns a political sevices company that got more than 117-thousand dollars from a Republican campaign fund.

Caskey said he doesn't know if any laws have been broken, but that he wants a hearing to find out.

But on a party-line vote, Republicans approved a substitute motion that moved Caskey's call for an investigation into the Senate Rules Committee.

Jefferson City, JiaoJiao Shen.