
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri House of Representatives is on a roll this morning.
After hold-ups in the Senate all day Thursday on legislation that repeals a 2007 village law, the House took up the bill shortly after opening Friday morning and passed it by an overwhelming margin. The passage sends SB 765 to the governor’s desk.
Also Friday morning, the House has agreed to a compromise on an omnibus bill that includes multiple measures to curb illegal immigration in another landslide vote.
But the immigration crackdown isn’t in the clear yet. The Senate still needs to take a final vote on HB 1549 by the session’s close at 6 p.m. today or face Gov. Matt Blunt's threat of coming back for a special session. The buzz around the Capitol points to a possible filibuster from Senate Democrats who argue the bill is too harsh.
That’s not all, though.
The House this morning also has taken up and finally passed SB 711, which requires all taxing entities in the state to roll back levies during reassessment years. That action sends the bill to the governor’s desk to be signed into law.
The Legislature still has much to address by the 6 p.m. deadline, however.
House leadership is expected to call up a repeal of campaign contribution limits, which Sen. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, has shouldered. The effort has garnered much support among Republicans who say limits get in the way of campaign transparency, while Democrats contend the removal will cause the costs of campaigns to skyrocket.
Also, highly controversial voter ID legislation could come back to the Senate this afternoon. Republican senators may have to employ drastic political tactics to cut off opposition from Democrats if they want to push the controversial bill to a vote.
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