Missouri Senate candidate Lucas Kunce is facing heat from Republican incumbent Josh Hawley over his refusal to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris. Hawley has launched a radio ad mocking Kunce’s silence, while Kunce has maintained that he’s focused on issues rather than endorsements.
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A Republican faction in the Missouri Senate ended a lengthy filibuster on Thursday, allowing a vote on a $4 billion Medicaid program. The measure, which needs a second vote of approval, will renew a tax on hospitals and other medical providers to draw down federal funding for low-income Medicaid recipients. The vote followed a standoff between the Freedom Caucus, a GOP faction, and Senate leadership. The Freedom Caucus had been blocking the tax vote as leverage to pressure the passage of a bill to remove Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program and a constitutional amendment to raise the threshold for passing future amendments.