"There is a danger in saying, 'Well, we're just going to extend the benefits,'" said outgoing Sen. John Loudon, R-St. Louis County. "What I'd really like to see Missouri do is give more, a better benefit to fewer people and figure out how to structure it that way. Because we have a fairly low benefit, but it never fails to amaze me how many people will look at that and say, 'Hey, I've got that money there. I'll go do side jobs for cash. I'll do whatever.' And people will kind of r..
Fellow Senator John Loudon, R-St. Louis County, described Lager as a senator who made his reputation in fighting what Lager considered excessive taxes.
Some members of the Senate say they appreciate Weber's job in the Statehouse. "We appreciate people that are not shy about recognizing that the church does have a role in government that godly people should be informed and involved and free to express their views. I think lots of people misunderstand what separation of church and state means. Certainly the state has no interest in advancing denomination, but to use it as a club, to beat Christians into submission into staying away from..
Last year, Sen. John Loudon, R-St. Louis County, had managed to slip midwifery legalization into a health insurance bill by using nontraditional terms that went undetected. The amendment later was thrown out by a Cole County judge.
The bill's sponsor, Sen. John Loudon, R- St. Louis County, said midwives would be held responsible. He said the absence of insurance does not equal absence of liability.
The ice cream cone bill raises some questions. What type of ice cream will it be? Cake cone or sugar cone? One scoop or two? The two Senate sponsors say they like sugar cone and two scoops. But Sen. Harry Kennedy, D-St. Louis, said he is more of a butter pecan kind of guy, while Sen. John Loudon, R-St. Louis County, said he will take anything with chocolate.
Another bill that came before the committee has been filed in the Senate by Sen. John Loudon, R-St. Louis County, and would allow voters to rank candidates by preference in general, primary and special elections. Candidates receiving the least amount of votes in the election would be eliminated one by one, with their votes redistributed, until the race was down to two candidates, one of whom would have to receive a plurality of the votes.
St. Louis County Senator and the bill sponsor, John Loudon said he hopes the bill will give police power to stop offenders caught in online stings before they hurt actual children.
Sen. John Loudon, R-St. Louis County, also was skeptical. "You have to question incentives if you invest money, tens of millions into a product, you need to sell a product. What a better way to sell a product than to mandate it."
Not only would the combined bill repeal legislation that Republican Senator John Loudon hid in a house bill last year, it would also legalize midwifery.