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Missouri Senate Republicans selected Sen. Nick Schroer as majority floor leader ahead of the upcoming session, and he named video lottery terminal legislation among his priorities, according to Yahoo. The leadership change follows election losses that ended the party’s two-thirds supermajority in the chamber.
Republicans also chose Sen. Jason Bean as Senate president pro tem. Democrats selected Sen. Stephen Webber as minority floor leader.
Video lottery legislation joins Schroer’s agenda
Schroer listed video lottery terminal legislation alongside the budget, tax cuts, education reform, public safety and the cost of living as priorities for the coming session.
He identified the budget as an issue requiring cooperation across party lines.
“The budget is going to be key. That’s one that we’re going to have to have buy-in from both parties,” Schroer said.
Election results reshape Missouri’s legislative leadership
Republicans will hold 22 of the Senate’s 34 seats after Democrats flipped two seats, including seats in eastern Jackson County and Springfield. Democrats also flipped 16 House seats, ending the Republican supermajority in that chamber.
Bean said the election results called for a reassessment of the party’s approach.
“They weren’t real fond of what we’ve been doing. So we’re going to look at changes,” Bean said.
Nearly half of the senators in the new chamber will be newcomers. Republicans will gather next week in Kansas City to discuss priorities for the coming session.
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Source: As reported by Yahoo.
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