Holden travelled last week to St. Louis, St. Joseph and Kansas City and gave speeches about his recommendations about the budget reserve fund, known as the "Rainy day Fund".

Supporters said the legislation gives Missourians the same rights currently afforded to people travelling through the state. Opponents offered a host of amendments aimed at weakening the bill, increasing the requirements and restrictions placed on gun owners.

A representative from the Capital Health Care Center in Jefferson City says the shots are already provided there, and at most Missouri elderly care centers.

The plan also increases taxes on a gaming boat's gross adjusted receipts. Lawmakers say the $175 million the plan generates will fund public education.

According to the Child Welfare League of America statistics, approximately 2 percent of all U.S. children are adopted. The largest numbers of children are adopted from China, Russia and South Korea.

House members approved the measure by voice vote over the objections of some who said the state had promised the settlement money for health and smoking cessation programs.

Sen. David Klarich raised an amendment that was added to a Senate bill up for consideration on the Senate floor.

Penalties range from $200 to $1000 in fines, confiscation of licenses, and any original punishment that already exists for the law violation.

The Senate rejected an amendment to the bill that would have imposed a lower, 65mph speed limit on trucks.

Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder believes the bill would create an economic stimulus much like other measures have in New York, Texas and Florida.

But other senators don't want the bill to pass becuase of the state's current financial downturn.

Carol Carpenter, diagnosed with breast cancer in spring of 2000, said that she would have a longer life if she had received proper treatment for her cancer.

She also said she would have been more likely to have received proper treatment if she had gotten a second opinion.

Sen. John Loudon, R-St. Louis County, said he wants parents and guardians to be able to sue someone who helps a minor get around that law.

Loudon says the primary problem is people going to Illinois for abortions. Illinois has no consent laws.

The measure also includes provisions that would allow funding for projects throughout Missouri including Kansas City and Springfield.

The bill now goes at the bottom of a list of about 50 other bills awaiting action in the Missouri Senate.

The chemcial is added to gasoline sold in the St. Louis area as part of the state's plan to meet federal air quality standards.

Sen. Marvin Singleton introduced the amendment as an addition to a transportation bill.

Most of the charges have been for drug possession.