Republican senators plan to block the gubernatorial appointment of a former Missouri GOP lawmaker to the state parole board because of his vote against an income tax cut.
Several Republican senators told The Associated Press that they won't allow the chamber to confirm the appointment of former Rep. Dennis Fowler to the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole.
Fowler served as a lawmaker from the southeast Missouri town of Advance. He was one of 15 House Republicans who broke ranks and voted in September to sustain Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of an income tax bill. Nixon appointed Fowler to the parole board in December.
Fowler resigned from the House and already is working in the new, higher paying job. But he cannot remain in the job without Senate confirmation.
