State lawmakers clash on the Senate floor over major current issues
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State lawmakers clash on the Senate floor over major current issues

Date: April 16, 2013
By: Brendan Cullerton
State Capitol Bureau

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Democratic St. Louis Senator Jamilah Nasheed is tearing into her Republican colleagues for not expanding Medicaid and says people have a religious duty to fight for expansion.
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Wrap: After debate by Senate Republicans about the Department of Revenue sharing personal information with the feds, St. Louis Senator Jamilah Nasheed unleashed her fury on the Senate Floor.

Nasheed says the controversy surrounding the Revenue Department is a diversion from the real issue of Medicaid expansion in Missouri.

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Description: "People are struggling each and every day, that cannot afford health care, and we are playing petty politics."

Republican Senator Brian Nieves says the Revenue Department sharing concealed carry information with the feds is the most disgusting thing he has ever seen during his time in the state legislature.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Brendan Cullerton.