A Senate Judiciary Committee held a public hearing about a bill to amend the state Constitution
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A Senate Judiciary Committee held a public hearing about a bill to amend the state Constitution

Date: April 19, 2010
By: Melissa Berman
State Capitol Bureau
Links: HJR 88

Intro:  There was no opposition at a Senate committee hearing over a bill to limit federal power in Missouri.
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Wrap: The Senate Judiciary Committee heard support for a bill that would allow Missourians to vote this November to prohibit Missouri government from enforcing federal laws concerning the right to bear arms, health care, same sex marriage, home schooling and the separation between church and state.

Bill supporter St. Louis County Republican Senator Jane Cunningham sees it as an issue of freedom.

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Description: "To many people freedom is defined as an entitlement and when we've gotten to that point, our freedom is gone."

No committee or audience members spoke in opposition of the bill.

With less than four weeks left in the session, the committee did not vote on the bill.

From the State Capitol, I'm Melissa Berman.