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11/09/2005 - Medicaid Reform Commission focuses on healthy behavior:
The commission's debates have not been limited to adult behavior, however. Commission member Sen. Pat Dougherty, D-St. Louis, recommended yesterday that schools be required to form an "action plan" to address nutrition, physical education and obesity as a condition of receiving state funding.
9/6/2005 - LEGISLATORS WANT GOVERNOR TO EXPAND SPECIAL SESSION:
Saint Louis Senator Pat Dougherty says he found out there are serious conflicts in child abuse laws passed last spring. He says the three laws are not clear on when and where abused minors and their abusers may live or go to school. Dougherty says the issue must be addressed now.
5/05/2005 - Legislature passes $19.2 billion budget:
"The governor didn't try to solve the problem," said Sen. Pat Dougherty, D-St. Louis City. "He chose a cut first, fix second approach."
5/03/2005 - Conference committee reports budget bills:
But negotiators accepted a proposal offered by Sen. Pat Dougherty, D-St. Louis City, during Senate budget discussions to put the premiums on a sliding scale. The department estimated no children would pulled from coverage under the plan.
4/21/2005 - Senate committee votes to cut five percent from higher education funding:
St. Louis Sen. Pat Dougherty says he's not happy with the cuts, but he says the committee did the best job they could.
4/21/2005 - Senate Appropriations Committe passes 5 percent cut to higher education:
Sen. Pat Dougherty, D-St. Louis County, said the money freed from the cut was used to reduce the magnitude of the cuts to social services.
4/14/2005 - Senate turns down optional helmets while state budget and foundation formula chug ahead:
Sen. Pat Dougherty, D-St. Louis City, led a successful Senate filibuster of an attempt to allow motorcyclists to decide if they wished to wear a helmet. The move was temporarily interrupted by Sen. Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, who joined the Democrats in their opposition.
4/14/2005 - Motorcycle helmets to stay on:
Democratic Saint Louis Senator Pat Dougherty said Missouri can not afford to make taxpayers pick up medical bills for helmetless riders lacking health insurance.
4/13/2005 - Private Insurance Companies Help Pay for First Steps:
Senator Pat Dougherty a Democrat from St. Louis said this bill is better than not have the program at all. First steps was almost eliminated under Gov. Blunt's Medicaid cuts.
4/13/2005 - Legislators kill amendment to cut their own healthcare benefits:
Democratic leaders in the Senate, like Pat Dougherty of St. Louis, think the unwillingness of legislators to cut healthcare for themselves is immoral.
3/17/2005 - Senate gives final approval to Medicaid bill:
"Compassion is not defined by reforming the system and leaving a wake behind us," Sen. Pat Dougherty, D-St. Louis City, said.
3/15/2005 - Senate approves amendment to sunset Medicaid:
Sen. Pat Dougherty, D-St. Louis City, said setting an arbitrary date to eliminate such an important program was wrong.
3/15/2005 - Missouri Senate Dismantles Medicaid:
One floor above Blunt's office, Saint Louis Senator Democrat Pat Dougherty said a Republican amendment to the proposed cuts to Medicaid is an attack on children.
3/14/2005 - Missouri Government News for the Week of March 14, 2005:
But, Democratic Senator Pat Dougherty says the cuts would kick thousands of Missourians off Medicaid.
3/14/2005 - Senate Battles Over Medicaid Cuts:
During the first hour of debate, State Senator Pat Dougherty said Missouri could face a crisis if the plan passes.
3/14/2005 - Dems filibuster Medicaid cuts:
Sen. Pat Dougherty (D-St. Louis City) was quick to bring up Blunt's comment during his campaign last year that any cuts to eligibility would be "inappropriate" until waste, fraud and abuse had been rooted out of the system.
3/14/2005 - The Filibuster and the Senators are going Strong through the night. :
Democrat Senator Pat Dougherty of St. Louis City says he will fight the medicaid cuts, which are on tonight's Senate agenda.
3/14/2005 - Senators debate the future of healthcare for lower-income Missourians. :
In the early stages of what St. Louis City Senator Pat Dougherty says will be an all night filibuster, Senators argued over the effects of the Medicaid cuts.
3/14/2005 - Senator Pat Dougherty to filibuster:
Democrat Senator Pat Dougherty of St. Louis City says he will fight the medicaid cuts, which are on tonight's Senate agenda.
3/13/2005 - Senator plans to speak out against medicaid cuts:
Senator Pat Dougherty from St. Louis City has been preparing his attacks on the bill.
3/10/2005 - Senate committee passes Medicaid cuts bill:
St. Louis City Democratic Senator Pat Dougherty says the state's actions are not solving the financial crisis.
3/07/2005 - Protestors gather for Medicaid cuts hearing:
"It's going to take human beings to do that," countered Sen. Pat Dougherty (D-St. Louis), a vocal opponent who said current attempts at ferreting our fraud were going understaffed. "I don't think we have the funds."
3/01/2005 - Senate Democrats to legislate identity theft, consumer protection and privacy issues:
"The environment for consumers in Missouri has moved from 'buyer beware' to 'buyer be scared,'" said Senator Pat Dougherty, D- St. Louis City.
2/28/2005 - Missouri Government News for the Week of February 28, 2005:
Sen. Pat Dougherty, D-St. Louis City introduced a bill to protect the collection and use of personal information by companies like ChoicePoint. If fraud is detected, the companies would be forced to inform affected Missouri consumers. Sen.Get the radio stories.
2/14/2005 - Senators spent hours debating Southwest Missouri State name change:
Senator Pat Dougherty.
2/09/2005 - First Steps supporters protest potential end of program:
Sen. Pat Dougherty (D-St. Louis City), said the program allows children a better chance to enter and succeed in the school system.
1/31/2005 - Republicans say they are excited about the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's new ownership:
But Democrat Senator Pat Dougherty says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch does a good job on the issues that are hard to deal with like race relations and education. From the state Capitol, I'm Jade Mingus.
1/31/2005 - Republicans seek to enshire Reagan:
Sen. Pat Dougherty, a Democrat from St. Louis, scoffed at the idea of Reagan Day.
1/31/2005 - Republicans say they are hopeful about the new ownership of the St. Louis Post Dispatch:
But Democrat Senator Pat Dougherty says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch does a good job on the issues that are hard to deal with like race relations and education. From the state Capitol, I'm Jade Mingus.
1/31/2005 - Missouri Government News for the Week of January 31, 2005:
Democratic Senator Pat Dougherty says he thinks the Post-Dispatch has a strong history of covering issues that are controversial.Get the radio stories
1/31/2005 - Democrats upset over Ronald Reagan bridge:
The Republican's want to pass a bill that would create a bridge over the Mississippi honoring late President Ronald Reagan. Democrats such as Sen. Pat Dougherty of St. Louis City oppose the building of such a bridge.
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