Capitol Calling
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Here are the final two videos I shot from yesterday’s hearing of a commission tasked with redrawing state Senate districts.
The first features Sen. Jane Cunningham, R-Chesterfield, answering some questions from the panel, which is made up of five Democrats and five Republicans:
And here is more footage from Sen. Brian Nieves’ testimony. Nieves, R-Washington, presented three proposals to redraw the 26th Senatorial District:
I wasn’t able to make the House commission hearing, so I suggest you read Jo Mannies’ write-up at the St. Louis Beacon.
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I sat in today on a public hearing for a committee tasked with drawing state Senate districts for the next decade. A number of state senators testified before the commission, thus I’ll be posting a few videos.
The first video features Sen. Brian Nieves, R-Washington, testifying before the committee. -
Finally, here’s another section of the Q&A of senators filibustering an extension of unemployment benefits from 79 weeks to 99 weeks.
In this part, the lawmakers took offense when a reporter asked whether the senators were “confident” that some beneficiaries of unemployment benefits should be back at work and were “gaming the system.”
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Here’s part of a question and answer session with senators who are blocking an extension of unemployment benefits from 79 weeks to 99 weeks.
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Here’s video of Sen. Brian Nieves, R-Washington, speaking about the conditions in which he and several other lawmakers will end their filibuster on extending unemployment benefits.
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Several Missouri senators filibustering legislation to extend unemployment benefits from 79 weeks to 99 weeks said they will stand down if Gov. Jay Nixon cuts $300 million of federal stimulus money in a reappropriations bill.
Here’s the first of a few videos I shot of the press conference.
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This track has had 350 playsInquiry of Sen. Brian Nieves, R-Washington by Sen. Kevin Enger, R-FarmingtonIt looks like James Harris touched a nerve.
The Republican political consultant sent out Tweets during a filibuster of legislation dealing with worker’s compensation. The source of Harris’ ire was Sen. Kevin Engler, R-Farmington:
No one should be surprised that Kevin #Engler joined MATA and is filibustering against workers comp reform (SB8). He loves MATA $$$.
He also sent out this Tweet as well:
I love you @tonymess but #Engler always sides w/ labor and MATA against Missouri jobs.
And this one too:
@mskstl Who needs democrat lawmakers when you have Sen. Kevin #Engler working against job creators and for liberal groups like #MATA.
As @tonymess noted, Engler didn’t take the Tweets very well.
At the end of the session, Engler inquired Sen. Brian Nieves - a lawmaker with a history of animosity against Harris. The audio of the exchange is above.
UPDATE: After I asked on Twitter whether Harris would respond, @eyokley Tweeted:
@jrosenbaum @JamesMNHarris email’s @PoliticMo: “No response”
