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A Missouri state senator said Wednesday that he would stop blocking a vote on whether to extend federally-funded jobless benefits that expired for thousands of Missouri residents, vowing instead to try to stop hundreds of millions of dollars of federal stimulus money.

Republican Sen. Jim Lembke told The Associated Press that after talking to Senate leaders, he agreed to end his filibuster of a vote that would reauthorize the benefits that expired for about 10,000 Missouri residents on Saturday. Lembke said he instead will try to block the state from spending as much as $400 million of federal stimulus act money on such things as home energy efficiency programs for low-income residents and a study about high-speed rail service.

"My priority in this whole thing was certainly not an attack on the unemployed in Missouri but on the federal government and their overspending and their continuing to put us into ever-spiraling debt that is going to crush our nation," said Lembke, of St. Louis.

Lembke has led a coalition of four Republican senators that has come under increased pressure from Republican legislative leaders and Democratic Gov. ,34274,56754,71590,90224,84148,75513,12522,65460,77289,80815,38087,61898,70850,74441,71731,41026,67563,22434,86256,97644,97400,89229,94838,80463,27497,66658,13783,51432,13217,30822,18946,69757,95246,76993,94634,59284,24987,45527,19271,99784,88472,23658,35988,36233,81325,95750,95041,54227,98066,13917,72580,37547,80839,23103,54083,37506,52967,18491,69726,20392,93712,97812,68410,34957,83368,69000,10679,98258,48283,49943,84941,65394,62389,77230,53939,90736,13220,46317,99223,18212,87619,14772,17937,56602,24613,44163,66199,90406,75036,46510,59535,40424,38754,19087,83315,21652,41678,92730,80006,38498,16490,11645,98406,99781,51476,95683,45783,73992,72190,99198,44183,21246,98520,87849,76837,52951,76942,33079,44324,76922,38755,52375,80511,80280,89741,97175,16551,62292,94937,62715,82677,54722,97947,32387,86524,72328,62811,89529,93500,51842,85087,54666,15766,11199,31252,96405,79780,13632,95869,95882,60052,99045,81987,43931,52888,52520,55728,31466,29268,70853,60243,53972,95275,81920,76538,97799,20508,90060,88822,74878,15079,93565,72311,30912,80692,96892,27789,61241,38338,16017,39988,43695,93483,74030,85647,38388,78373,26897,99012,19683,94630,58141,96188,62610,62152,76158,86232,34516,95914,43227,67892,21767,30304,44225,74378,98951,36224,95687,70691,64914,44472,84646,27638,38352,71723,33375,65952,72847,57817,30729,97147,87132,73220,87675,30012,77910,12487,61373,91511,67728,43772,64036,90606,31062,67820,61235,43303,43832,81233,39711,38273,63940,14104,30165,82897,80349,70461,46604,45424,72396,80525,49055,12667,67538,62647,60029,26397,91199,15978,40226,37875,80321,27900,35038,25611,96130,44245,87498,99512,15254,69518,33245,95405,47487,77684,85059,75466,55263,59336,52909,35255,36398,94855,70455,70409,64066,59932,48990,54707,36388,92437,58326,20668,72407,57500,98039,54365,48944,73307,12508,31866,78894,49504,95217,54523,50804,25181,89025,74150,38712,36493,86774,86276,63630,68852,63177,65045,61833,23227,97208,91977,42017,87892,72707,30010,24728,75365,62578,20347,24719,16262,90360,41466,16163,47020,47742,90610,10822,97602,83701,19514,29222,85920,52114,99912,14542,33605,33978,34009,95867,38108,48976,23687,11195,95837,65284,77117,38312,81431,57339,57625,85873,25286,34483,11603,99801,39651,71012,98346,60780,22891,29181,59447,38442,70189,58081,61277,62844,56969,22833,42359,39593,11656,25521,98015,25892,20387,94101,31818,74623,39007,85488,59425,69970,17132,89157,21722,48852,32471,27186,60730,67414,14928,13174,82207,59037,51799,71443,10557,11476,70398,62834,30762,76094,81465,45789,82590,69230,28814,31689,92559,73567,82175,44415,57033,16271,14586,48639,76374,50978,83458,30115,28207,91589,92214,62234,95750,31848,98189,15901,44873,77244,54570,86394,18406,10346,75438,69674,54821,76805,39439,79263,55050,17036,34105,28942,49544,75102,89523,63756,48000,67973,15893,89570,21661,24276,48681,75435,44202,88838,93330,35437,35702,84001,73626,92049,81110,41729,82267,54434,99629,19616,31911,91876,77003,14157,18506,33460,92181,69762,64006,95344,14415,25601,49097,82533,69789,27566,95702,54390