By AP/St. Louis Public Radio
Jefferson City, MO – Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder has filed a lawsuit challenging the federal health care bill. The suit accuses Congress of overstepping its authority and trampling on state sovereignty.
Kinder's suit contends that Congress cannot force people to buy a product nor demand that state officials enforce a "federal scheme."
Kinder pledged in March to challenge the federal law. Initially, the Republican lieutenant governor planned to join nearly two dozen other states in a lawsuit filed by the Florida attorney general.
Instead, the lieutenant governor filed a suit on his own behalf along with three other Missourians.