Lobbyist Spending Bill Passed in Committee
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Lobbyist Spending Bill Passed in Committee

Date: January 19, 2016
By: Jack Morrisroe
State Capitol Bureau

 
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A House committee sent to the full House a bill banning lobbyist contributions and gifts to lawmakers.
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Wrap: A bill banning lobbyist contributions and gifts to individual public officials passed unanimously onto the Missouri House floor from the Government Oversight and Accountability Committee.

Jeanette Mott Oxford, the executive director of Empower Missouri, said the bill will improve the legislature's image.

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Description: "It's one of several common sense steps that can be done to help restore faith in the General Assembly."

Missouri is the only state in the union to allow unlimited lobbyist spending on contributions and gifts to individual public officials.

From Jefferson City, this is Jack Morrisroe.