Wrap: The Senate's only licensed physician, St. Joe Senator Rob Schaaf, says talks about the China hub bill remind him of dying patients he's seen in the past.
Lembke rushed over to the Missouri Healthcare Insurance Pool meeting along side senators Jane Cunningham of St. Louis and Rob Schaaf of St. Joseph, to stop a vote from taking place.
Speaking to a near empty chamber, Northwest Missouri Republican Senator Rob Schaaf and three other Republican Senators filibustered a bill to allocate nearly half a billion dollars in stimulus funds.
Wrap: Currently, jails must be built within the county seat. Buchanan County Senator Rob Schaaf says that some counties don't have any good locations for new jails left.
Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, said legislators and witnesses would need to consider which parts of the bill would have to be modified to give it a chance of passing. These changes are expected to be discussed as early as next week when the committee votes on the bill. A similar bill failed last March by a margin of 86-63.
The four senators are Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis, Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, Sen. Will Kraus, R-Lee's Summit, and Sen. Brian Nieves, R-Washington.
The four senators are Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis, Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, Sen. Will Kraus, R-Lee's Summit, and Sen. Brian Nieves, R-Washington.