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11/17/2011 - A St. Louis County Lawmaker Challenges The Governor's Promise To County Parks:
Wrap: After Governor Jay Nixon says he will offer state help to St. Louis County parks, St. Louis County Senator Jim Lembke says it is unconstitutional to use money dedicated to state parks to fund county parks.
10/6/2011 - House debate on China Hub sparks Senate reaction. :
Wrap: St. Louis Senator Jim Lembke says without sunsets, this bill will die in the Senate.
10/5/2011 - Missouri Senate kicks off Mamtek investigation:
The Government Accountability Committee intends to investigate the Department Economic Development's procedures to determine if there are enough safeguards in place to protect taxpayer dollars, Chairman Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, said. The committee also wants to know how much the Department of Economic Development recomendation influenced the local government's decision to invest.
10/4/2011 - One state senator says he thinks an amendment to the China Hub bill is what it needs to pass. :
State senator Jim Lembke agrees with the amendment because he supports development in Callaway County.
10/27/2011 - Another Missouri Legislative Committee Is Appointed To Investigate Mamtek :
The chair of the Senate committee Jim Lembke says the committee is still waiting on receiving documents it has requested.
9/29/2011 - Governor Jay Nixon's office says they think there's no need for :
Wrap: Republican Senator Jim Lembke, proposed the resolution to make sure branches of the government stay seperate.
9/27/2011 - Senators still concerned over a federal healthcare exchange. :
Republican Senator Jim Lembke says Nixon is avoiding the legislative process.
9/26/2011 - Failed Moberly economic development project to be investigated:
The committee will examine the process used to determine which programs the government chooses as investments for the taxpayer's money, said Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, the committee's chairman.
9/26/2011 - Senate committee investigates Moberly deal with China-based manufacturing company:
Committee chairman Jim Lembke says this shows the legislature it needs to establish more targeted tax credits to prevent this from happening again.
9/21/2011 - China hub said to be on life-support:
Among those arguing to simply end the session was Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County.  "It's my position that we shouldn't be doing targeted tax credits in the first place," Lembke said, adding that he thought tax credits and the China cargo hub discussion should be delayed until the regular session so it can be seriously addressed.
9/15/2011 - Senators stop state board on health care vote. :
The Missouri Health Insurance Pool planned to vote on beginning the implementation process of Obama's health care plan, a process Republican Senator Jim Lembke of St. Louis says he feels cuts Senators out of the process.  
9/15/2011 - A Missouri senator says the ‘Constitution is out the window’ Thursday. :
After Ridgeway’s announcement, Senators Jane Cunningham, R-Chesterfield, Jim Lembke, R-Lemay, and Rob Schaff, R-St. Joseph, left the hearing.
9/15/2011 - Senator says Missouri Health Insurance Pool is running around the legislative process:
Senator Jim Lembke of St. Louis was stunned to hear that there was any motion toward a vote on passing a healthcare plan today. Lembke says there was a clear attempt to go over the heads of state senators.
9/14/2011 - Senate passes stripped version of China trading hub bill:
St. Louis County Republican Senator Jim Lembke voted against the bill.
9/13/2011 - Interim Committee Debates Modernization of 911 Access in Missouri :
Funding for call center improvements in Missouri would come from a sales tax. However, Missouri Republican Senator Jim Lembke said voters have shut down this proposal twice.
5/5/2011 - Missouri Senate passes 2012 budget:
Republican St. Louis County Senator Jim Lembke spoke out against areas of the budget where he saw increases in spending.
5/3/2011 - Republican Led Federal Stimulus Filibuster Goes Late into the Night:
St. Louis Republican Senator Jim Lembke said he's concerned about the funds adding to the federal deficit. 
5/13/2011 - Lawmakers and business leaders say the session has been productive :
Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, said he was not trying to punish Missourians but wanted to send a message to the federal government about its excessive spending habits.  
4/4/2011 - Senate plans to compromise on extending unemployment benefits:
Missouri's House overwhelmingly approved the extended benefits months ago, but the proposal has hit a major roadblock in the Senate. Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, has led a filibuster against the funds and said Missouri needs to send a message to Washington about irresponsible spending. Lembke said rejecting the funds would save the federal government $96 million.
4/18/2011 - Senate approves millions in federal money for local school districts:
Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, opposed the bill and said this money is not being spent to increase education funding.
4/13/2011 - Governor extends unemployment benefits for Missourians:
Unemployment benefits ended on April 2, and a vote to approve the extension had been halted by a filibuster in the Senate. On April 6, Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, said he was not trying to punish unemployed Missourians but wanted to send a message to the federal government to stop overspending.
3/2/2011 - Lottery privatization an option for Senate committee:
Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, said he moved back a hearing on privatizing the lottery because none of the vendors working with the lottery are willing to testify until after they are finished with the lottery. Lembke is the chairman of the Senate Governmental Accountability Committee, which is to hold a hearing on lottery privatization once the process begins next month.
3/15/2011 - House Budget Committee finalizes 2012 budget:
"You have the federal government stealing from this generation and generations to come by spending money they don't have," Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, said in a radio interview on using federal money for unemployment benefits, which he blocked in the Senate.
2/23/2011 - School choice discussions dominated talk among Missouri Senators:
Senator Jane Cunningham says Catholic schools are willing to donate eight-thousand five-hundred seats for students and thinks a compromise can be made with bill sponsor Senator Jim Lembke (Lem-key).
2/23/2011 - School choice comes under fire in Senate :
The bill sponsored by Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, would prohibit students from leaving St. Louis City Public Schools.
2/22/2011 - Missouri Senate Jobs Committee debated the need for red light cameras.:
St. Louis County Senator Jim Lembke is the sponsor of the bill.
1/6/2011 - Representative Tim Meadows is pushing to ban red light cameras in Missouri:
Senator Jim Lembke already has a bill on file to prohibit red light cameras in Missouri.   
1/12/2011 - Missouri Department of Transportation has added restrictions to all red light cameras around the state:
St. Louis County Republican Senator Jim Lembke is sponsoring a bill to eliminate red light cameras statewide. 
1/12/2011 - Restrictions for automatic red light cameras approved:
The tougher restrictions did not win over one of the legislature's harshest critics of automatic camera enforcement — Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County — who charges the systems impair public safety and violate constitutional rights.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of November 28, 2011:
However, Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, said it is not the governor's business to offer that help.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of November 21, 2011:
However, Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, said it is not the governor's business to offer that help.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of November 14, 2011:
However, Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, said it is not the governor's business to offer that help.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of October 31, 2011:
The chair of the Senate committee's investigation, Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, said his committee is still waiting on receiving documents it has requested. Lembke said the committee might receive the documents next week.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of October 24, 2011:
Meanwhile, the chair of the Senate committee Jim Lembke said the Senate committee is still waiting on receiving documents it has requested. Lembke said the committee may receive the documents next week.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of October 10, 2011:
St. Louis senator Jim Lembke reacted to the House bill by saying that it has no chance of passing in the Senate.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of October 3, 2011:
St. Louis senator Jim Lembke reacted to the House bill by saying that it has no chance of passing in the Senate.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of September 26, 2011:
In the release Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis, said voters do not want to government involved in health care.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of September 19, 2011:
 Senator Jim Lembke, R- St. Louis County, voted against the bill. It still fails to protect small businesses, said Lembke.  
- Missouri Government News for the Week of September 5, 2011:
 Senator Jim Lembke, R- St. Louis County, voted against the bill. It still fails to protect small businesses, said Lembke.  
- Missouri Government News for the Week of May 9, 2011:
The four senators are Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis, Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, Sen. Will Kraus, R-Lee's Summit, and Sen. Brian Nieves, R-Washington.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of May 2, 2011:
The four senators are Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis, Sen. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, Sen. Will Kraus, R-Lee's Summit, and Sen. Brian Nieves, R-Washington.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of April 25, 2011:
According to bill sponsor and St. Louis County Republican Senator Jim Lembke, Missouri has the fourth-largest House in the country.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of April 18, 2011:
According to bill sponsor and St. Louis County Republican Senator Jim Lembke, Missouri has the fourth-largest House in the country.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of April 11, 2011:
Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis, and his supporters ended the filibuster after meeting with Senate President Pro Tem Rob Mayer, R-Dexter.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of April 4, 2011:
Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis, and his supporters ended the filibuster after meeting with Senate President Pro Tem Rob Mayer, R-Dexter.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of March 21, 2011:
Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, has been the leader in a filibuster that blocked the Senate from voting on accepting the federal funds.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of March 14, 2011:
Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, says he will continue to fillibuster the bill if it is brought back up because he says it is wrong for the federal government to send borrowed money to the states.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 28, 2011:
Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, opposes the bill, saying Missouri lawmakers need to send a message to Washington.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 21, 2011:
The bill sponsored by Sen. Jim Lembke, R-St. Louis County, would prohibit students from leaving St. Louis City Public Schools.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of January 3, 2011:
Along with the speed limit cameras Meadows plans to work with Senator Jim Lembke to prohibit red light cameras as well.
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