Florida joins letter objecting to Nebraska perks in health care bill
Thursday, December 31st, 2009 by Michael C. BenderFlorida Attorney General Bill McCollum said on Tuesday that he planned to join several other state attorneys general objecting to the so-called “Cornhusker Kickback.”
The letter was sent today to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate President Harry Reid:
We believe this provision is constitutionally flawed. As chief legal officers of our states we are contemplating a legal challenge to this provision and we ask you to take action to render this challenge unnecessary by striking that provision.
Read the full letter here.



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