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Federal Health Care Law
10:18 am
Mon April 11, 2011

Koster: federal insurance mandate unconstitutional

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Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster
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Updated 4:35 p.m. April 11, 2011 with comment from Jones and Tilley.

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster says Congress overstepped its constitutional powers under the commerce clause when it mandated that most Americans have health insurance or pay a penalty.

Koster says he filed a document (see below) Monday with a federal appeals court supporting a Florida lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the new federal health care law.

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missouri congressional redistricting
1:05 pm
Fri April 8, 2011

Mo. GOP redistricting maps may face filibuster

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The GOP redistricting map passed this week by the Mo. House
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The GOP redistricting map passed by a Mo. Senate committee. Both the Senate and House GOP proposed maps move three rural counties into the urban Kansas City congressional district.
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The Senate GOP map, overlaid with the current nine congressional districts.
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Another filibuster in the Missouri Senate may be brewing, this time over redistricting.   

Majority Floor Leader Tom Dempsey (R, St. Charles) says he expects fellow GOP Senator Bill Stouffer (R, Napton) to try and block the redistricting map passed this week by the House, and possibly the Senate version as well.

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