A dayslong filibuster in the Missouri Senate has ended. Senators gave initial approval in a voice vote Thursday to a $4 billion Medicaid program that Freedom Caucus members had been holding hostage.

The bill needs one more vote in the Senate before it heads to the House with just two weeks left in this year’s legislative session.

A filibuster blocking renewal of taxes essential to funding Medicaid passed 25 hours this morning as a small group of Republicans held the Missouri Senate floor demanding action on other bills. Five members of the Missouri Freedom Caucus tried four times to amend the bill,

A major Missouri Senate priority is being blocked by a small group of far-right conservatives over their efforts to get their main priorities across the finish line. The Freedom Caucus has held up action on the Federal Reimbursement Allowance,

A chorus of Missouri health care groups and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the senators were “endangering the well-being of millions of Missourians.”

The Missouri Senate is at a stand-still as a group of Republicans called the “freedom caucus” is filibustering the renewal of the federal reimbursement allowance.