by [email protected] | Apr 17, 2011 | Politics / Govt
Members of the state senate might think they have the trump cards in creating Missouri’s new congressional districts. The House idea for collapsing our present nine congressional districts into eight has been beaten up in the Senate, where members say it has no...
by admin | Apr 15, 2011 | Politics / Govt
Efforts to approve new Congressional districts to comply with the 2010 Census are at a standstill as the House and Senate seem to be experiencing a bit of a communication problem. House members approved their map. The Senate changed it and sent it back. Rep. John...
by [email protected] | Apr 11, 2011 | Politics / Govt
The congressional redistricting proposal going before the senate today could run into opposition from some outstate senators including one who has the strangest district of them all. Backers of the plan say it’s all just a matter of mathematics—piecing...
by admin | Apr 6, 2011 | Politics / Govt
It has the votes, despite some grumbling. The House has approved a map that reflects a bitter reality: Missouri loses a congressional district due to the 2010 Census. The map approved by the House Special Standing Committee on Redistricting wins approval on a...
by admin | Apr 6, 2011 | Politics / Govt
Who represents you in Congress could change in the next election. The House prepares to vote today on new boundaries for our eight Congressional districts. A House committee has tweaked its initial proposal ever so slightly and approved it, sending it to the full...