Democrat Minority Leader Ed Quick is calling on President Pro-Tem Peter Kinder to step up to the plate and address this problem before the bill filing begins on December first.
In a press release on Wednesday, Senate minority leader Ed Quick said that Republicans have "created an environment so insecure and hostile to our nonpartisan staff that they feel they had better resign before they are fired like their former boss [Valentine]."
Monsees will recieve a salary of $57,000 a year. Other Senate office staffers earn between $30,000-40,000 a year -- a difference questioned by Minority Leader Ed Quick, D-Liberty.
Kinder said he chose Goode and Sen. Ed Quick, D-Liberty, because they are "champions of the policy." Kinder said he wants "broad participation" from both parties to cover the issue from both sides. Kinder said he named Sen. Danny Staples, D-Eminence, to the committee also because of his favorable stance on collective bargaining.
But it may be a GOP-only committee. Earlier this week, the Senate's Democratic Leader, Sen. Ed Quick, D-Kansas City, said he would name any Democratic members to the committee.
Finally, Sen. Ed Quick, D-Liberty, the president pro tem of the Senate and arguably the most powerful man in the legislature, slowly opens his office door. Coffee cup in hand, the gray-haired senator glances at the reporters heading toward him. Quick is not a man of great stature.
The Senate Administration Committee includes Republican Senators Peter Kinder, Bill Kenney and Marvin Singleton, along with Democratic Senators Ronnie DePasco and Ed Quick.
"Today was a total waste of time from the beginning," said Sen. Ed Quick, D-Liberty, who served as president pro tem until January. "I would hope this is not a preview for the rest of the session."
Sen. Ed Quick, D-Liberty, former president pro tem and now the Senate minority leader, said Kinder's "dedication to his issues" will serve him well as a leader.
That concord had both Kinder and Sen. Ed Quick, D-Liberty, serving in the top post as President Pro Tem -- a compromise Kinder said should show the Republicans' good will toward the Democrats.
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