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12/9/2009 - Bill introduced to allow small businesses into Missouri Consolidated:
Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, sponsored a nearly identical measure in the Senate.
12/1/2009 - Ethics reform will be big issue in upcoming legislative session:
Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said that although Shields' bill is strong in its other provisions, it comes up short of the ethics reform the state needs. Bray, like Green, sits on the Ethics Committee with Shields.
11/17/2009 - Gov. Nixon proposes tuition freeze and budget cuts:
State legislators, such as Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County and Budget Chairman Rep. Allen Icet, R-St. Louis County, said they supported the governor's strategy to make it clear what he wants early.
5/15/2009 - One legislator says term limits have made Mo. politics "hyper-partisan":
One instance occurred late Wednesday night during debate on an abortion bill when Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said, "I'm sick of the ethic around here of men that are pro-life for their wives and pro-choice for their girlfriends."
5/14/2009 - House out early.:
Democrat Joan Bray from St. Louis county was confused...
5/14/2009 - Coercion out of bill, informed consent still in:
During the debate, numerous Democratic senators voiced opposition to this bill including St. Louis County Senator Joan Bray.
5/14/2009 - Senate passes abortion legislation:
Bill sponsor Rob Mayer, R-Dexter, said the bill would help to protect unborn children, but Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said that extending the waiting period doesn't make the fetus or the woman any safer.
4/9/2009 - Disagreements over tax credits split Republican state senators:
Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said that when Democrats held a majority in the House, they were constantly bickering and that internal arguments among a political party are normal.
4/28/2009 - Senate Democrats mock Christmas bill. :
It wasn't long until Democrats Rita Days and Joan Bray seized the opportunity to mock the bill, supporting amendments for holidays like Groundhog's Day, Juneteenth and...  
4/27/2009 - Senators debate whether higher education building bonds would be good debt or bad debt:
Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, questioned whether higher education should be the top priority, citing mental health as a division needing state dollars.
4/27/2009 - Voting for an amendment on bonds for higher education is delayed :
Some senators disagreed like St. Louis Democratic Senator Joan Bray who questioned the importance of bonds for higher education construction.
4/23/2009 - House Republicans now want $1 billion tax reduction:
Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis, said she wondered if it was even legal to use those monies for a tax reduction.
4/16/2009 - Senate approves Show Me Health Coverage:
The bill did not gain the support of two of the Senate's more liberal Democrats, senators Jolie Justus, D-Jackson County, and Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County.
4/16/2009 - Senate approves Show Me Health Coverage:
St. Louis Democrat Joan Bray said those who don't work but their disability or child support payments make them too wealthy for Medicaid wouldn't be covered.  
3/31/2009 - Gun bill would authorize owners to openly carry weapons in Missouri.:
Democratic Sen. Joan Bray of St. Louis County says she thinks open carry laws are better, but the overall plan is flawed.  
3/31/2009 - Senators say commercial is causing hundreds of Missouri residents to call and email:
The four senators who voted against the motion cited a number of reasons. Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said she didn't see any substantial differences between the original draft and Schaefer's rewrite. Sen. Luann Ridgeway, R-Smithville, said she is concerned about the effect of rate increases on industrial electricity consumers.
3/31/2009 - The Senate will consider a measure that could lead to a second nuclear power plant in Missouri.:
Senator Joan Bray was one of four committee members to oppose the proposal, saying it is convoluted and restrictive.
3/10/2009 - Controversial carbon dioxide.:
Democratic Senator from St. Louis County, Joan Bray questioned engineer and geologist Gary Pendergrass about the likelihood of the bill being killed.
2/26/2009 - AmerenUE's fallback position may be in jeopardy:
A leading critic in Missouri to AmerenUE's effort is also a customer, St. Louis County's Senator Joan Bray.
2/2/2009 - Laptops become a question of ethical integrity:
Some opponents of computers in the chamber, such as Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, would also like to ban the use of handheld devices in the Senate chamber. Sen. Jeff Smith was one of several senators on his Blackberry for much of the debate on the issue.
2/2/2009 - Two hour Senate session blocks a vote for laptop use in the chamber.:
Democratic Senator Joan Bray says handheld devices like cell phones should also be restricted in the chamber.
2/17/2009 - New bill aims to require hospitals to make staff levels public.:
Senator Joan Bray is the bill's sponsor and says forcing hospitals to publicly report the staff on each floor is essential to keeping patients safe.
2/16/2009 - Departments hope for new tax credits:
But, St. Louis County Democrat Joan Bray focused on the use of tax credits for small businesses.
2/12/2009 - Bill would bring year long moratorium on foreclosures:
With the high number of foreclosures across the nation, one St. Louis County State Senator has introduced a bill that would put a year long moratorium on foreclosures in the state. Democrat Joan Bray said her bill is aimed to keep more people in their houses during difficult times.
2/10/2009 - Senate approves Martinez as Missouri Economic Development Director:
Sen Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said the Republican majority is holding Nixon to a higher standard than past Republican governors.
1/29/2009 - Missouri Senate votes against pay increases for state legislators and judges:
"The value of state workers is high, should be high," said Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County. "We should value ourselves, but also other officials like the judiciary. We should value them and our actions should reflect those values."
1/29/2009 - Republican react to Nixon's budget:
But Democratic State Senator Joan Bray of St. Louis County says it's perfectly acceptable to use federal money for ongoing operations.  
1/22/2009 - Bill filed would allow AmerenUE to increase rates to pay for interest:
"I'm questioning the wisdom of Missouri throwing all of its energy and political will into one company and taking away what might be developed otherwise if we don't this," Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said.  "I think Missouri should be exploring all kinds of energy development, not just putting all its political will into one plant for one company.  I think we ought to be developing all the alternatives we can find and really exploring that because the long-term jobs b..
1/13/2009 - Energy leads Senate seminars:
"It was a really good opportunity to get together to have a discussion of an issue without a bill in front of us with specifics where you'd have to worry about language, but more where we're talking in terms of ideas," Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said.
- Legislative wrap :
Statements made during the debate on the abortion bill last night by Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County were not forgotten by this morning.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of May 4, 2009:
Democratic St. Louis County Sens. Joan Bray and Rita Days took to the Senate floor to make fun of a Republican-sponsored bill officially recognizing the legislature's winter break as Christmas break.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of April 27, 2009:
Democratic St. Louis County Sens. Joan Bray and Rita Days took to the Senate floor to make fun of a Republican-sponsored bill officially recognizing the legislature's winter break as Christmas break.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 23, 2009:
Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, introduced a bill that calls for a daily public posting of nursing assignments on every hospital floor in Missouri.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 16, 2009:
Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, introduced a bill that calls for a daily public posting of nursing assignments on every hospital floor in Missouri.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 9, 2009:
Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, has introduced a bill that would halt the foreclosure process for a year.
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