October 10, 2008

2007 Legislative Wrap Up

2007 Legislative Wrap-Up (2007-05-31)

Legislature finally stops its assault on our safety net...but only because they had to adjourn for the year! See story

May 27, 2007 Update (2007-05-27)

Topics: Legislature refuses to help-millions for middlemen, nothing for sick children and Millions for rich retirees, nothing for hungry seniors; More death, less justice-secret execution teams approved; Tyranny of the majority-backers do not see irony in unprecedented use of force; Blinded by ideology-House refuses to fix technical error in minimum wage; and No hearing for Housing Trust Fund increase See story

May 14, 2007 Update (2007-05-14)

Topics: Near the end of the debate on HCS SS SCS SB 577, the so-called MO Health Net bill to “replace” Medicaid, Rep. John Burnett offered House members one last chance to restore public health access to all those so cruelly thrown off Medicaid in 2005. It was House Amendment 29 for the bill. See story

May 11, 2007 Update (2007-05-11)

Topics: Unjust, unwise tax bill passed-not as bad as earlier version; House debates Medicaid overhaul-SB577 does not restore coverage; and Senator Yvonne Wilson presented SR1244, honoring the late Phil Curls, who passed away a few days earlier See story

May 04, 2007 Update (2007-05-04)

Topics: Senators listen to reason-a little bit; Cruelty continues...restoring Medicaid to those thrown off in 2005 appears unlikely; and Rumors persist that the Governor will need to call a special session on Medicaid/MOHealthNet See story

April 27, 2007 Update (2007-04-27)

Topics: Hearing on bill to repeal parole fee and Bishops speak out against SB577-many flaws in bill noted in hearing See story

April 20, 2007 Update (2007-04-20)

Topics: Hide your children-house of horrors pulls plug on outstanding schools; Supplemental food stamp bill advances; Seriously flawed SB577 scheduled for House hearing; and Anti-Immigrant measures stalled in senate See story

April 06, 2007 Update (2007-04-06)

Topics: MASW salutes courageous legislators; Secret execution teams?; and "Looking American” won't likely be a problem, but if you look or sound “foreign”...could this be the new racial profiling? See story

April 5, 2007 Update (2007-04-05)

Topics: First things first Amendment falls just short and TABOR gets a new name See story

March 30, 2007 Update (2007-03-30)

The unrelenting assault on the social safety net in Missouri was renewed this week as the 94th General Assembly returned to Jefferson City after the annual legislative Spring Break. See story

March 9, 2007 Update (2007-03-09)

Topics: Unjust tax policy, HCS HB218, was voted a "DO PASS" bill; Improved subsidities for child day care; MASW keeps a watchful eye on Mental Health, Minimum Wage, and Health Access; Good news for criminal justice; and "Shut Up and Speak English" bill advance See story

March 02, 2007 Update (2007-03-02)

Topics: Good news-FTF bills filed in House & Senate and tax justice bills filed in the House; Bad news-HB269 passed in the House; and The National Universal Health Rolution See story

February 23, 2007 Update (2007-02-23)

Topics: Bad news-setbacks in MASW's fight for economic justice and human rights; Blunt applauds resolution to prevent increasing taxes for Missourians; and MASW-backed child care plan shot down See story

February 16, 2007 Update (2007-02-16)

The MO House of Representatives apparently changed the State Motto to “The Welfare of the People Shall Take a Back Seat to Relieving the Well-Off from Their Obligation to Pay Their Fare Share of Taxes.” Or perhaps they changed it to “Tax Breaks Benefiting Mostly the Wealthy Shall Be the Supreme Law.” See story

February 07, 2007 Update (2007-02-07)

Topics: House voted to reduce the state's ability to provide servcies by $160 million; First round of approval for HB454; and SCS SB's 260 & 271 get "DO PASS" votes See story

February 02, 2007 Update (2007-02-02)

Topics: HB454 recommended as a "DO PASS" bill; SB344 filed; and Bills acknowledging English as the "official language" (HJR7, HB262, and HB263) voted as "DO PASS" bills See story

January 30, 2007 Update (2007-01-30)

Topics: MASW advocates testify on behalf of SB260 and SB 122, and against HB444 See story

January 26, 2007 Update (2007-01-26)

Welcome to the Missouri Association for Social Welfare Legislative Update 2007. This newsletter will provide you with information about the progress of social justice issues at our State Capitol, and what you can do to help. See story