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This year, I was honored that my colleagues elected me to be the Senate Minority Floor Leader. Success this session was not measured in what passed the legislature, but what the minority party did not allow to pass, including cuts to unemployment benefits and photo voter ID. Unemployment – The minority party stopped cuts to people on unemployment. House Bill 150 would have changed the maximum length of state unemployment benefits from 20 weeks to 13 weeks, when the state unemployment rate drops below 6 percent. Missouri’s unemployment benefit time frame would have been one of the shortest in the nation for the length of time a person can receive unemployment.
This legislation was quickly vetoed, and while still in session, an override attempt was made by the majority party in the House.
The minority party did not allow the bill to come to the Senate floor, essentially killing the override attempt. Photo Voter ID – This year, photo voter ID legislation came in the form of House Bill 30 and House Joint Resolution 1.
I oppose photo voter ID legislation because it places barriers to voting for low-income persons, the elderly and those with disabilities. For some it will be difficult, if not impossible, to obtain the needed documents.
There are currently mechanisms in place to address other forms of voter fraud.
It is important to note that Missouri has never had a documented case of voter impersonation. Never.
We in the minority party held the floor to not allow the photo ID measure to be debated, and therefore, not be passed. Register to vote: www.sos. mo.gov or (573) 751-2301. Important news for those who are eligible for affordable health care.
The Open Enrollment Period for coverage in 2016 will run November 1, 2015 through January 31, 2016. Visit www.covermissouri. org to learn about the Missouri Marketplace. Visit www.healthcare.gov to access the Marketplace or call (800) 318-2596.
Please visit my website to review additional legislation updates, including those bills I sponsored: http://www.senate.mo.gov/ media/15info/Keaveny.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September–October 2015.
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