State Attorneys General challenge Senator Nelson’s Nebraska bribe
December 28th, 2009 | by Brian Schwartz |From Stateline:
The Republican attorneys general of Alabama, Colorado, Michigan, North Dakota, South Carolina, Texas and Washington State are threatening to challenge as unconstitutional a provision written into the U.S. Senate’s national health care bill that cuts a special deal for Nebraska.
The prosecutors’ effort is led by South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster, who was asked by South Carolina’s U.S. senators — both Republicans — to investigate, The State newspaper reported. McMaster is seeking the GOP nomination for governor in South Carolina.
At the center of the investigation is whether the federal government can pick up the full cost of expanding Medicaid — the state-federal health insurance program for the poor — in Nebraska, but not in other states. …
Read the whole article (via StateHouseCall) Also from NPR on Dec. 26:
At least 10 Republican attorneys general are lining up to challenge the Democratic health care bill, arguing it could be unconstitutional.
South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster is leading the charge. He questions the legality of a compromise exempting Nebraska from paying for an expansion of Medicaid. …
Read the whole article: State Attorneys General Question Health Care Bill.
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tags: Constitution & health care, HR 3590, politics of health care
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