On this episode of the Politically Speaking podcast, 漏 2024 外网天堂鈥檚 Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies break a bit of ground by welcoming two guests for one show 鈥� state Sen. Rob Schaaf and former Sen. Jim Lembke.
Schaaf is a Republican from St. Joseph, Mo. He's a physician who has played a key role in health care policy over the past few years.
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He鈥檚 emerged as a prominent opponent of expanding the state鈥檚 Medicaid program 鈥� and
Lembke signed on as Schaaf鈥檚 chief of staff after the 2014 election cycle. The south St. Louis County Republican previously served one term in the Missouri Senate and four terms in the Missouri House.
During his tenure in the House, Lembke . When he got to the Senate, Lembke was at the center of a number of heated issues 鈥� including fights over tax credits, judge selection and unemployment benefit. Renowned for his tenacious campaign skills,
During the past legislative session, Schaaf joined a bipartisan group of elected officials who objected to funding a new professional football stadium in St. Louis without some sort of vote. He also put forth a multi-faceted ethics bill 鈥� including provisions that would re-establish campaign donation limits.
Here鈥檚 what Schaaf and Lembke said during the show:
- Schaaf says it鈥檚 possible for the Senate to take up 鈥渞ight to work鈥� legislation in the last week of the legislative session. He added the only way to get that bill to Gov. Jay Nixon鈥檚 desk is through a procedural motion to quash a filibuster. Lembke added he鈥檚 not sure there鈥檚 enough support for the maneuver 鈥� known as a 鈥減revious question鈥� 鈥� to go through.
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- Lembke said there are fewer senators are willing to 鈥渟tand up against things that take away liberty.鈥� He pointed to the support of some Republican lawmakers for a fuel tax increase that may end up making it to Nixon.
- Schaaf says he鈥檚 not necessarily opposed to a new football stadium aimed at keeping the St. Louis Rams. But he is adamantly against 鈥淭hat鈥檚 not acceptable,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t should never happen.鈥�
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