JEFFERSON CITY — State Senate Democrats on Wednesday tried a new strategy to block the vote of a bill that includes the governor’s controversial plan to sell off some of the assets of the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority to fund capital projects: they offered a long-winded series of amendments.
MOHELA nears end of Senate debate
Democrats proposed nearly 20 changes; most were defeated.
Thursday, April 19, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 2:24 p.m. CDT, Monday, July 21, 2008
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