We the People of Johnson County Missouri, Saturday, January 20, 2024 🤐 MO Senate Votes Down Providing 24 Hours to Read Omnibus Bills - "MUST Pass These Bills Quickly." REALLY????
Hi Folks!
You may have seen this from the Freedom Principle MO, but in case not, take a look at the article below. One has to wonder WHY it’s so important to PASS bills before Senators even have time to READ them. GROSS!!!!! This TOTALLY DISGUSTS me.
Our Senators with the Freedom Caucus, including Senator Mike Moon have spent most of today filibustering to prevent harmful bills from coming to the floor. You can see what’s happening in Jeff City by going to jodigrace.com. This website is written by Jodi Widhalm who lives in Jefferson City, and goes to sessions pretty much EVERY DAY they are in session.
I encourage ALL of us to check her website once daily to see what is happening, and what each of us can do to help the situation. Jodi usually puts the name of the correct person to call, as well as phone and email so we can call.
FOR SURE WE ALL NEED TO CALL/EMAIL CINDY O’LAUGHLIN. Instead of helping move productive legislation forward she is strangely adjourning Senate meetings while Senators are speaking on the floor. That is egregious! She’s shutting down the First Amendment on the Senate floor!!!
Email: cindy.olaughlin@senate.mo.gov Phone: 573.751.7985
STOP!!!! CALL AND EMAIL HER NOW!!! Tell her to give our Senators AT LEAST 24 hours to read bills before taking a vote. Not allowing that is anarchy and does NOT allow Senators to vote rationally.
READ ON…..
Freedom Principle MO
Freedom Principle MO Disappointed Missouri Senate Put Special Interests Over Fiscal Responsibility
January 15, 2024 – St. Louis, MO
The Freedom Principle MO is disappointed by the Missouri Senate voting against the proposed rule change proposed by Senator Bill Eigel (Dist. 23) to require a 48-hour or 24-hour waiting period before voting on a bill that adds one or more sections of the original bill. “We are very disappointed in the Senate,” said Byron Keelin, President of the Freedom Principle MO. “Missourians are tired of these large spending bills. We thank Senator Eigel and the other Republican senators who voted to try and bring fiscal accountability to the Senate.”
Senator Eigel (Dist. 23) offered two resolutions, one calling for a 48-hour waiting period and another calling for a 24-hour waiting period before voting on so-called Omnibus bills. “Omnibus bills are the product of the special interest controlling Jefferson City,” said Keelin. “We are tired of the Nancy Pelosi style tactics of having a vote for the bill before people understand what’s in it.” Both resolutions failed on a 7 – 23 vote.
The seven senators who voted for the resolutions were Senator Rick Brattin (Dist. 31), Senator Ben Brown (Dist. 26), Senator Jill Cater (Dist. 32), Senator Bill Eigel (Dist. 23), Senator Denny Hoskins (Dist. 21), Senator Mike Moon (Dist. 29), and Senator Nick Schroer (Dist. 2). Many of these senators are part of the newly formed Missouri Freedom Caucus. “We applaud the senators and members of the Missouri Freedom Caucus for trying to restore fiscal responsibility to the Senate.”
During the debate, one senator admitted he doesn’t read the bills, he only reads the summaries. “Voting on these bills is the single most important task they have. We view this as a dereliction of their responsibility to the people who elected them,” said Keelin. “What they vote on not only impacts our pocketbooks, but these bills impact our rights and freedoms. By not taking the time to read these large spending bills, they are giving control to the special interest groups lurking outside the Senate chamber.”
The Freedom Principle MO is a pro-citizen, pro-Missouri First organization. We are a membership-based 501(c)4 organization, acting locally and state-wide, to protect our families and our constitutionally protected liberties. We are fighting for America. We are fighting for Missouri. We are fighting for you. For more information about the Freedom Principle MO visit our website at www.freedomprinciplemo.org.