Louis DeFeo, lobbyist for the conference, expressed confidence that the Senate will give the anti-abortion legislation a fair chance next year, since President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson, D-Sedalia, said he would put the bill in Schneider's Judiciary Committee.
* On the Senate floor, the Senate president pro tem grabs a pistol from another senator, points it at his head and pulls the trigger. Details: Thankfully, the pistol is a toy. At times during the concealed weapons bill, Banks has worn a holster holding toy pistols to demonstrate his opposition to the bill. As the Senate was returning from a recess in the last week of the session, Senate President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson, D-Sedalia, grabs one of Bank's toy pistols and shoots himself to..
Minutes after the Senate adjourned Friday, with his face flushed from the last few moments of intense activity, President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson told his colleagues of his impression of this session.
Senate President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson, D-Sedalia, asked why Republicans didn't offer the amendments when the proposal was before the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
But Scott's amendment was ruled out of order by Senate President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson, D-Sedalia, as going beyond the scope of the bill before the Senate.
Senate President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson, D-Sedalia, and House Speaker Bob Griffin, D-Cameron, have pledged to present resolutions to enter Missouri into a national conference to discuss how to maintain a balance between the federal and state governments in both rights and responsibilities.
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