Current Office: Representative
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Terri; 2 children
Birth date: 12/24/1962
Birthplace: St. Louis, MO
Home City: Imperial MO
Religion: Catholic

Profession

Territory Manager, NFIB, 1998; Sales Manager, AMI Warehouses, 1986-1994; Owner, Benderman

Education

University of Missouri, Columbia, 1983-84; University of Missouri, St. Louis, 1982; Benedictine College, 1981-82

Committees

Insurance Policy
Local Government
Public Employee Retirement
Retirement
Small Business

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

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

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

HB 1219 Workplace Discrimination Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1104 Voter ID
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

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

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

HB 1219 Workplace Discrimination Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1104 Voter ID
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1219 Workplace Discrimination Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HJR 43 Limits State Spending
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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: Yea

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HB 193 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

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

HB 61 Minimum Wage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

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