Charlie Denison

Rep. Charlie Denison (R-Springfield) has had enough of stupid refugees getting all the breaks in life.  This is America, doggonnit, a nation proud of its immigrant heritage small-minded attitudes toward foreigners. "Somebody needs to explain to me why we need to yield to refugees or any other group of people that are coming into our country," he told the News-Leader about a proposal to allow refugees and legal immigrants the opportunity to take a driving test in their native language.

In Dennison's mind, this isn't too much to ask of immigrants from Central and South America, who have unique Latino powers to acquire new language skills as adults.  In Charlie's world, we refer to them as "those people."

"Those people learn English so easily, it seems," Denison said in an interview, referring to Hispanic immigrants.

Rep. Charlie Denison (R-Springfield) has only filed one bill this year, and it's an incredibly important piece of legislation, without which Missourians may not be able to survive in these difficult times.  Denison has heard the cries of struggling families, and has therefore devoted all of his energies to HB198.  Specifically, Denison's top legislative priority would: 

December twenty-fifth of each year shall be known and designated as "Christmas Day" in Missouri, and shall be set apart as a day in honor of the Christian feast commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ.

It's too bad the leaders in the General Assembly don't put aside their silly symbolic resolutions and pass Dennison's law to clear up the confusion about which day in December Christians should celebrate Christmas.

h/t Turner Report and Show Me Progress

This probably won't come as a surprise, but a lot of the House Republicans who voted against the plan to provide health care for 35,000 working parents, at no cost to the state, previously promised to fight for preventive health services and make health care a top priority when they were running for office last fall.

Still, it's worth noting that there were at least five House Republicans, including Majority Floor Leader Steve Tilley, who made written promises to fight for expanded access to health care when they signed the American Cancer Society's "State Cancer Promise", and then voted against the restoration of cuts for 35k parents. 

• Steven Tilley, District 106
• Mark Bruns, District 113         
• Bill Deeken, District 114
• Charlie Denison, District 135                    
• Billy Pat Wright, District 159