The Missouri House of Representatives is proving to their constituents that they are listening. Last Tuesday evening, the House passed HCR 18 by a 111-46 vote. The resolution urges the Missouri Congressional delegation to vote against the current health care legislation being presented.
This from The Political Fix:
Rep. John Diehl, R-Town and Country, sponsored the resolution, which passed on a vote of 111-46. He said the federal proposal was “too big, it’s too expensive, it’s too dense, it’s too corrupt.”
Diehl said the health care bills currently being considered could cost the state of Missouri more than $315 million a year. Those figures vary, however, depending on who’s counting. Estimates by Missouri’s Department of Social Services peg the state’s cost at $100 million by 2017.
While many Republican lawmakers viewed approval of the resolution as a key stance against the federal health care overhaul, some Democrats dismissed it as partisan posturing.
