7 States May Sue Over Ben Nelson's "Cash For Cloture" Deal

Houston Chronicle/The Lid ^ | 12/22/09 | The Lid

[The_Media_never_lie]

What a sleazy Nebraskan Ben Nelson is.

[driftdiver]

Sue?! they should be put in jail

[steve86]

I would think that Attorneys General in nearly all of the other states would be looking into this.

[windsorknot]

Ben Nelson is a Corn Holer....er Husker.

[RummyChick]

Nelson will end up dropping the deal.

Now let’s hear some noise about the Death Panels that can never be repealed.

[nina0113]

If Virginia’s not one of those states yet, she will be after McDonnell’s inauguration.

[wendy1946]

Nobody could make this stuff up....

[Will88]

Nelson the Cornhukster

[Frantzie]

Nelson the CornCob from cornhole.

[worrywart]

Proud that Alabama’s on the list of the seven states!!

[mware]

The top prosecutors in seven states are probing the constitutionality of a political deal that cut a funding break for Nebraska in order to pass a federal health care reform bill, South Carolina’s attorney general said Tuesday.

Attorney General Henry McMaster said he and his counterparts in Alabama, Colorado, Michigan, North Dakota, Texas and Washington state — all Republicans — are jointly taking a look at the deal they’ve dubbed the “Nebraska compromise.”

[The_Media_never_lie]

So, if I rob a bank and if caught, give the money back, do I go free?

[roses of sharon]

If this legislation is so helpful to our citizens healthcare and pocketbooks...why do states need exemptions from this bill?

[cripplecreek]

Nelson will end up dropping the deal.

But his vote will still stand.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Ben Nelson is as phony as the rug on his head.

[CaptainK]

Graham is gaining a few points back after the immigration debacle.

[cripplecreek]

He’s still got cap and trade to screw us with. LOL

[neodad]

McMaster's move comes at the request of Republican U.S. Sens. Lindsey Graham and Jim DeMint of South Carolina.

Graham is a putz. All of a sudden trying to get Republican street cred.

[SERKIT]

So the plan is so abhorent, that the only way to gain a vote for it, you have to take a bribe whereby your state is exempted from a large portain of it. Yup, that’s the ticket.