House Budget Committee

The Springfield Democrat is the ranking member on the House Budget Committee, which gives her more say in what’s in the first draft of the budget.

The original supplemental budget bill included both a 5.5% cost-of-living adjustment and a baseline of $15 an hour for all state employees. Now, those across-the-board raises are out.

Democrats argued that record state surpluses would grow with new medical coverage, but Republicans said it's not right for Missouri's budget.

Since Gov. Eric Greitens’ scandal broke wide open in January, there’s been a well-accepted assumption that if the GOP chief executive resigns it would…