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Idaho GOP Set to Nullify Obamacare

After leading the nation last year in passing a law to sue the federal government over the health care overhaul, Idaho’s Republican-dominated Legislature now plans to use an obscure 18th century doctrine to declare President Barack Obama’s signature bill null and void.

Lawmakers in six other states – Maine, Montana, Oregon, Nebraska, Texas and Wyoming – are also mulling “nullification” bills, which contend states, not the U.S. Supreme Court, are the ultimate arbiter of when Congress and the president run amok.

It’s a concept that’s won favor among many tea party adherents who believe Washington, D.C., is out of control.

Read more at the KRSO website:  http://www.ksro.com/news/article.aspx?id=2908198

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