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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:18 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 23 March 2010 02:02
From Kansascity.com:
A day after the U.S. House passed major health care reform legislation, the Kansas House debated a proposed state constitutional amendment designed to block it.
But it appears the measure could fall a few votes shy of passing when the House holds a final vote today.
The amendment would attempt to prohibit the federal government from requiring almost every Kansan to have health insurance. That mandate is one of the cornerstones of the reform bill passed Sunday by the U.S. House.
If passed by two-thirds majorities in the state House and Senate, the proposed change to the Kansas Constitution would go before voters in November.
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