"We're going to end up voting for this bill that has some things that we would just as soon not do, but only in order to get some things we would like to have," Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, said. "And the net effect is we're going to save Missourians money."
But the proposal made it back to the Senate the evening after the House passed it, and Republicans like St. Joseph Republican Rob Schaaf say they don't want to leave Jefferson City Saturday and tell constituents they voted to raise taxes.
The Senate added an amendment that would provide an additional 10 percent of the institution's funding based on the number of students who get jobs after graduation. "I believe strongly that everyone should be focused on job creation and making sure these students get jobs," said amendment sponsor Sen. Brad Lager, R-Maryville. Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, said he opposed appropriating 10 percent of the funding because the number of jobs for placement is beyond the control of the univ..
Republican Senator Rob Schaaf said this percentage of funding based on job placement puts too much of a burden on the university due to unknown future economic conditions.
The bill would still give the property tax credit to low income people who own their home. And some of the bills critics, like Republican Senator Rob Schaaf (shaw-f) of St. Joseph, say that would be unfair.
Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, is sponsoring a bill that would create a program that would allow the Department of Health and Senior Services to establish a program to monitor the prescribing and dispensing of strong painkillers, such as Vicodin or OxyCotin, by doctors.
Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, the Senate's only medical physician, said that this bill aims to protect those already with jobs who raise issues of conscience.
Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, said veterans are people like everyone else and expressed concern this special treatment would be abused in some instances.
"I mean...did you see any Republicans stand up when he said that?" Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-Buchanan, asked Monday after Nixon's speech. "There is zero chance that this Medicaid expansion passes."
But Republican Senator Rob Schaaf says its difficult to take the governor seriously when he has taken donations of hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars from large donors himself.
Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, said he questioned if workers who had been moved to the new factory from other Boeing plants in the state would still be considered "new jobs."
Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, said he questioned if workers who had been moved to the new factory from other Boeing plants in the state would still be considered "new jobs."
Opponents, like Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, argue the utility companies already take in enough profit and don't need to pass this cost off to customers.
Opponents, like Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, argue the utility companies already take in enough profit and don't need to pass this cost off to customers.
Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, is sponsoring a bill that would create a program that would allow the Department of Health and Senior Services to establish a program to monitor the prescribing and dispensing of strong painkillers, such as Vicodin or OxyCotin, by doctors.
Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, is sponsoring a bill that would create a program that would allow the Department of Health and Senior Services to establish a program to monitor the prescribing and dispensing of strong painkillers, such as Vicodin or OxyCotin, by doctors.