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The Missouri Senate rejected an attempt to eliminate a proposed wage increase for state workers. |
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Wrap: By a vote of 17 to 15, the Senate voted down a plan which would have eliminated a proposed 2 percent wage increase for state workers making less than $45,000.
Senate Majority Leader Tom Dempsey offered the plan to eliminate the wage increase.
He said he supports state workers, but tough decisions have to be made.
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| Description: "I believe there are too many state employees, we should have a smaller state government but we should treat the ones who remain better and we could do that with those savings." | |
Even with the increase, the Senate's proposed budget is still 87 million dollars below the proposed budgets of the Governor and House.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Andrew Weil.
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The Missouri Senate narrowly rejected an attempt to eliminate a proposed wage increase for state workers. |
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Wrap: The Senate voted down the plan, which would have eliminated a proposed 2 percent wage increase for Missouri state workers making less than $45,000.
The vote...17 to 15.
Appropriations Committee Chairman Senator Kurt Schaefer spoke against eliminating the pay raise for state workers.
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| Description: "These are the people at the low end of the low, the working poor who are barely making enough to feed their families." | |
Even with the increase, the Senate's proposed budget is still 87 million dollars below the Governor's and House's proposed budgets.
Reporting from the State Capitol, I'm Andrew Weil.