Democrat in Missouri to Oppose Health Care Law

A. G. SULZBERGER and KEVIN SACK
The New York Times
April 12, 2011

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s Democratic attorney general broke with his party on Monday and urged a federal judge to invalidate the central provision of the new health care law.

The filing of the brief by Attorney General Chris Koster, a onetime Republican state legislator who switched to the Democratic Party in 2007, underscores the act’s political tenuousness in a critical Midwestern swing state.

Mr. Koster’s action followed months of pressure from state Republicans that he join attorneys general from other states who are challenging the constitutionality of the law.

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This article was posted: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 9:55 am

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