Because of a 50-hour filibuster by Democrats, the Missouri Senate didn’t vote Wednesday on a measure to make it harder to amend the state constitution and instead is asking the House for a last-ditch compromise.
The move, which came after the record-setting filibuster, leaves the future of the resolution in doubt. Members of the Freedom Caucus said sending Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman’s resolution to conference is a death knell for the GOP priority.
Coleman’s resolution would, if approved by voters, require any constitutional amendment to pass in five out of eight congressional districts. Currently, only a simple majority is needed.
But Democrats engaged in a round-the-clock filibuster because the version that was sent back from the House included other provisions, including an item barring noncitizens from voting — which already is illegal. Democrats said that those provisions were aimed at deceiving voters into gutting the initiative petition process and that they wouldn’t sit down unless those items were taken out.
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