1. Should the legislature reinstate campaign contribution limits?

Yes 

No 

No Opinion 

PayDay Loan Regulations

Missouri is one of the few states in which the payday loan industry is virtually unregulated. Payday loans are short-term, high-interest loans for relatively small amounts. Industry supporters say payday lenders provide an important service to customers who need a few hundred dollars to pay bills or an unexpected expense but wouldn’t be able to get such a loan from a traditional bank. Opponents say the industry preys on desperate, low-income customers who end up trapped in a never-ending cycle of high-interest debt and excessive fees.

2. Should Missouri regulate the interest rates and fees charged by the payday loan industry?

Yes

No 

No Opinion 

Prescription only pseudoephedrine

Pseudoephedrine is a common ingredient in many over-the-counter cold, flu and allergy medications. It is also a key ingredient used to make methamphetamine, a dangerous and highly addictive illegal narcotic. To reduce the number of meth labs in Missouri, many law enforcement officials support legislation that would require a doctor’s prescription to purchase medications containing pseudoephedrine.  

Opponents of such a requirement, including many in the medical community, say it would place unnecessary burdens on an already overburdened health care system. They also say that rather than taking the time and incurring the expense of a doctor’s visit, many people suffering from minor maladies would instead go without treatment, potentially furthering the spread of their ailment. A few Missouri cities and counties have enacted local prescription-only ordinances, though their legal authority to do so without authorization in state law is questionable.

3. In order to combat the state's methamphetamine problem, should Missouri require a doctor's prescription to obtain common medications containing pseudoephedrine that currently are available over the counter?

Yes

No

No Opinion

political consulting by elected officials

In recent years, a few members of the General Assembly have started political consulting businesses through which they are paid to help raise money for and run the election campaigns of fellow lawmakers and other candidates for elected office. The practice has been criticized as an inherent conflict of interest, especially in situations where the lawmaker/consultant can use his official position to advance his clients’ priorities. Lawmakers who have served as consultants say they are diligent about separating their official duties from their obligations as consultants.

4. Should Missouri ban elected officials from simultaneously serving as political consultants?

Yes

No

No Opinion

revolving door

Some Missouri lawmakers find work as paid lobbyists immediately upon leaving office. In fact, some lawmakers barred by term limits from seeking re-election have resigned their seats before the end of their final term in order to lobby their former colleagues. Supporters of the practice say former lawmakers make effective lobbyists because they understand the issues and have good relationships with incumbent lawmakers. Critics of the so-called “revolving door” between the legislature and the lobbying corps say lawmakers should be prohibited from lobbying for at least one year after leaving office to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest or the perception that they are doing legislative favors in exchange for future employment.

5. Should Missouri legally require lawmakers to wait at least one year after leaving office before they can become employed as lobbyists?

Yes         No          No Opinion

livestock regulations

A bill proposing the change in livestock regulations would take away the decisions of elected officials and place the decisions into the hands of an appointed livestock board.

6. Would you favor such a change?

Yes         No          No Opinion

state and federal government issues

Please respond to these questions or statements regarding your impression of state government and of some of the major issues the state legislature faces.

7. In your opinion, Missouri's state government is headed in the right direction.

Agree         Somewhat Agree          No Opinion

Somewhat Disagree    Disagree

8. Do you approve or disapprove of the job the state legislature is doing?

Approve

Somewhat Approve

Somewhat Disapprove

Disapprove

No Opinion

 9. Do you approve or disapprove of the job the governor is doing?

Approve  Somewhat Approve No Opinion

Somewhat Disapprove Disapprove

10. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Representative Shively is doing?

Approve Somewhat Approve No Opinion

Somewhat Disapprove Disapprove

11. In the past two yes, state government has...

Definitely Improved Somewhat Improved

 Stayed the same Definitely Declined    

No Opinion

12. I would support a 5% cut across the board in every state government department except education.

Agree         Somewhat Agree          No Opinion

Somewhat Disagree    Disagree

13. Do you favor some measure of health care reform?

  Yes         No          No Opinion

14. Should the state invest funds in expanding jobs for existing businesses?

Yes         No          No Opinion

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