Lager Calls For Special Session
By: Dick Aldrich - Missouri News Horizon
Updated: July 5, 2012
State Senator Brad Lager is calling for a special session of the legislature to deal with any issues brought up by the Affordable Care Act.
Lager, a Republican from northwest Missouri, favors opting out of all portions of the health care law wherever possible.
And Lager says if the Governor won't call the special session, he has sent House Speaker Steven Tilley and Senate President Pro Tem Robert Mayer requests to call the legislature back into session on their own.
In a press release, Lager sites the 2010 public vote in which 71 percent of Missourians who went to the polls voted against a federally mandated health insurance program.
Lager is also a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, and he takes a swipe at current Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder for his current lawsuit challenging the health mandate...calling the legal action "politically motivated."
Lager, a Republican from northwest Missouri, favors opting out of all portions of the health care law wherever possible.
And Lager says if the Governor won't call the special session, he has sent House Speaker Steven Tilley and Senate President Pro Tem Robert Mayer requests to call the legislature back into session on their own.
In a press release, Lager sites the 2010 public vote in which 71 percent of Missourians who went to the polls voted against a federally mandated health insurance program.
Lager is also a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, and he takes a swipe at current Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder for his current lawsuit challenging the health mandate...calling the legal action "politically motivated."

