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11/6/2008 - As returning and new state officials convene at Capitol, spirit of bipartisanship prevails:
"I think the voters said 'We expect progress to be made, and y'all quit fighting with each other," said Sen. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph.
10/20/2008 - Brad Lager:
Senate Majority Floor Leader Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, described Lager as hardworking.
5/7/2008 - Missouri open for a mega business landing.:
    Republican Senator Charlie Shields says this legislation creates an aerospace corridor.
5/17/2008 - Insure Missouri buried in last week of session:
"The issue doesn't go away and neither does the burden," said Senate GOP Leader Charlie Shields, R-St. Joe. "We'll have proposals for years to come, but I was comfortable with (Dempsey's) version. It passed the Senate very easily."
5/1/2008 - Senate approves tax credits for Canadian aircraft company:
The bill's sponsor is the Senate's GOP leader, Sen. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph. He argued that Missouri would not lose because the bill would require the company to refund the tax credits after the plant became operational. 
4/28/2008 - House Minority Leader raises stir over campaign contribution limits:
Senate Majority Leader Charlie Shields, the handler of the bill in the Senate, says it is time to get rid of the limits because they have been ineffective.
4/28/2008 - Three House Republicans asked by Democrats to recuse themselves from campaign finance vote:
Sen. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, the Senate sponsor of the bill, said the lifting of limits would improve transparency in campaign funding. Under the current system, he said, an individual is able to bypass the funding statutes by using political action committees or party committees.
4/24/2008 - Liability issues delay midifery bill:
The Majority floor leader Charlie Shields contends the bill would put hospitals at a greater risk of being sued.
4/24/2008 - Senate debates midwifery:
The majority floor leader, Sen. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, and an employee for Heartland Health Hospital in St. Joseph, said that liability should be considered before passing the bill.
4/22/2008 - Amendments keep Insure Missouri in the Senate:
Bray has withdrawn an amendment that would have restored Medicaid coverage to 100,000 Missourians who lost it in 2005, an amendment Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, said was not affordable for the state.
4/2/2008 - Senate passes amendment to keep attorney general in control of no-call list:
Majority Floor Leader Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, said leaving power in the hands of the attorney general allows that office to use that power for its political advantage.
3/13/2008 - Insure Missouri bill finally filed:
"Some version of it will move this session," vowed the Senate's GOP leader, Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph.
2/18/2008 - Senate committee revisits contribution limits:
Senate Republican Leader Charlie Shields sponsored the legislation, and says the bill would hold Missouri politicians accountable for the money they raise in the election process.
2/13/2008 - Bill would give veterans cheaper tuition:
Sen. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, introduced an amendment that would make funds available for veterans dependent on money appropriated by the legislature.
1/16/2008 - Concern Over Child Care:
Majority leader Charlie Shields defended his bill that would put in place a state quality rating system that would rate Missouri early child care providers on a five star scale.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of April 7, 2008:
Majority Floor Leader Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, said the attorney general's office uses the success of the program to its political gain. Shields forced debate over the bill to conclude and laid it over to the informal calendar.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of March 31, 2008:
Majority Floor Leader Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, said the attorney general's office uses the success of the program to its political gain. Shields forced debate over the bill to conclude and laid it over to the informal calendar.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 25, 2008:
In a party-line vote, the Missouri Senate Finance Committee passed a bill that would repeal limits on contributions to individual campaigns. Sen. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, sponsored the bill and says it aims to bring transparency to the election process.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 18, 2008:
In a party-line vote, the Missouri Senate Finance Committee passed a bill that would repeal limits on contributions to individual campaigns. Sen. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, sponsored the bill and says it aims to bring transparency to the election process.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 11, 2008:
Sen. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, introduced an amendment to the Missouri Returning Heroes' Education Act that would make money for veterans' tuition be contingent upon money allocated specifically for it.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of January 21, 2008:
Majority leader Republican Charlie Shields is giving it another try with his early child care rating system bill.  The same idea was proposed last year but was defeated on the main concern that it should be voluntary.  Shields changed the service to optional but there are still concerns among his own Education Committee.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of January 14, 2008:
Majority leader Republican Charlie Shields is giving it another try with his early child care rating system bill.  The same idea was propsed last year but was defeated on the main concern that it should be voluntary.  Shields changed the service to optional but there are still concerns among his own Education Committee.
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