State health insurance exchange topped Idaho Legislature’s week [Lewiston Tribune, Idaho]
By William L. Spence, Lewiston Tribune, Idaho | |
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The hottest issue was Gov.
Otter broke with the
That perspective failed to sway
"We firmly believe Obamacare would go bankrupt if it didn't have the power to raise fees and tax
Sen.
"In approving this legislation, I believe we are abdicating our responsibility of oversight and of appropriation," he said. "We're going to let an independent body start making huge decisions about health care policy in
Republicans on the committee unanimously supported the bill, although most said they despised the Affordable Care Act.
"Some would argue we should do nothing, (but) in my judgment abandoning the battlefield doesn't make the federal government weaker. It makes it stronger," said Sen.
The commerce committee voted 8-1 to send the bill to the full
On the budget front, the National Guard Youth Challenge Program had a good week.
The joint budget committee approved
The Youth Challenge will create upward of 50 jobs in
"We've been waiting for this. We want to see the doors open," Ebert said.
In other news,
Goedde said he chose that book because it turned his son into a Republican.
The real point of the bill, however, was to caution the
Coming up next week: The joint budget committee will wrap up its last few agency presentations and pick the revenue number around which the fiscal 2014 budgets will be built.
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