Current Office: Representative
First Elected: 11/2009
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Female
Family: Husband: Burton; 1 Child: Sophie Catherine
Birth date: 08/20/1954
Birthplace: Kansas City, KS
Home City: St. Louis MO
Religion: Jewish

Education

BFA/BSE, Speech/Theatre, Emporia State University, 1977 BFA, Theatre, Emporia State University, 1977

Profession

Executive Director, Harriett's List, 2010 Executive Director, Missouri Women's Coalition, 2005-2009 Women's Vote Director, Missouri Democratic Party, 2002-2004 Missouri Women's Vote Coordinator, Democratic National Convention, 2002 Flight Crew, Trans World Airlines, 1979-1992

Committees

Appropriations - General Administration
Children and Families
Elections
Ethics
Healthcare Transformation
Small Business
Special Standing Committee on Election Contests
Urban Agriculture

HB 1046 Requires Proof of Citizenship for Presidential Candidates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1541 Authorizes Religious Objections by Medical Workers for Certain Medical Procedures
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1219 Workplace Discrimination Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1104 Voter ID
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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HB 1046 Requires Proof of Citizenship for Presidential Candidates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1541 Authorizes Religious Objections by Medical Workers for Certain Medical Procedures
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 572 Amends Worker's Compensation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1219 Workplace Discrimination Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1104 Voter ID
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1219 Workplace Discrimination Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HJR 43 Limits State Spending
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 8 Tax Credit Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HA 1 to SB 7 Prohibits Public Funding for Certain Life Science Research Projects
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 7 Incentives for Science-Based Businesses
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HA 1 to SB 7 Prohibits Public Funding for Certain Life Science Research Projects
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 7 Incentives for Science-Based Businesses
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 6 Appropriations for Missouri Disaster Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1 Authority Over the Saint Louis Police Department
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 6 Appropriations for Missouri Disaster Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1 Authority Over the Saint Louis Police Department
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 73 Drug Testing Of Welfare Recipients
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 193 Congressional Redistricting Plan
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Nay

SB 113 Regulating Animal Care Facilities
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 193 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 213 Restrictions on Late-Term Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 167 Driver License Examinations Administered in English Only
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 61 Minimum Wage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HR 39 Attorney General Challenge of the Federal Health Care Law
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 2 Manufacturing Jobs Act
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1 Public Retirement Systems
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 2 Manufacturing Jobs Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1 Public Retirement Systems
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 793 Abortion Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 586 Sexually Oriented Business Regulations
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 1311 Coverage for Individuals Diagnosed with Autism
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1764 Prohibits Mandatory Participation in a Health Care System
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 2011 2010-2011 Department of Social Services Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 2010 2010-2011 Department of Mental Health and Department of Health and Senior Serices Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 2002 2010-2010 Education Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 2003 Higher Education Appropriations
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 2002 2010-2010 Education Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 2003 Higher Education Appropriations
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 2010 2010-2011 Department of Mental Health and Department of Health and Senior Serices Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1747 Authorizing Horse Slaughterhouses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1601 St. Louis Police Department Governance Modifications
Stage: Motion Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1327 Abortion Regulation Modifications
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

Amdt 4 Deleting an Education Foundation Formula Modification
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

HCR 18 Statement of Opposition to Federal Health Care Proposal
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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