Effort to block health care reform in KS fails, for now

[Sky Masterson]

Source: The Kansas City Star

TOPEKA | Lawmakers looking to block a federal insurance mandate fell nine votes shy this morning in the Kansas House.

House lawmakers voted 75-47 in favor of a proposed state Constitutional Amendment that would attempt to prohibit the federal government from requiring almost every Kansan to have health insurance. That's one of the cornerstones of the health care reform bill passed Sunday night by the U.S. House.

But Constitutional amendments require two-thirds majorities in the state House and Senate - in the House's case that's 84 votes. If the measure did pass both chambers it would go to the voters in November.

However, no proposal ever truly dies in the Legislature, and lawmakers are likely to try again before the end of the 2010 session.--more

Read more: http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/21792

[PJPhreak]

1. From a Liberal Kansan to the Ks House of Reps...

PISS OFF!

[Sky Masterson]

3. As a former Kansan of 30 years

I second that!

[woodsprite]

2. I can see this part being used as soon as campaigns start up again

"75-47 in favor of a proposed state Constitutional Amendment that would attempt to prohibit the federal government from requiring almost every Kansan to have health insurance"

Just start keeping a list of names.

[madmom]

4. Here comes some of that bribing and arm twisting the repugs are so upset about.

[joeybee12]

5. Political grandstanding at its finest...Federal trumps state...repeat after me...

federal trumps state.

[shraby]

6. If it goes to the voters, how many of them will cut off their

nose to spite their face? By then components of the health care will kick in and I seriously doubt they will vote to let their children be kicked off insurance for pre-existing, or let gramma and great gramma fill the donut hole out of their own meager social security pockets.

[bluestateguy]

7. You cannot nullify federal law

This guy put that type of nonsense to a stop

[Ishoutandscream2]

8. South Carolina knew to not fuck with that guy

[No Elephants]

9. Supremacy Clause of the Constitution of the United States, anyone?