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Monday, February 22, 2010

NORTH DAKOTA TAXPAYERS’ ASSOCIATION CALLS ON DELEGATION TO DENOUNCE “LEGISLATIVE TRICKERY”

Request Follows Congressman Pomeroy's Comments To CNN

Bismarck, N.D. - Today, the North Dakota Taxpayers' Association (NDTA) called on North Dakota's federal delegation to denounce the use of the budget reconciliation process to force government-run healthcare through Congress.

Last week, Congressman Pomeroy was quoted as saying the use of budget reconciliation for the healthcare issue would be "legislative trickery."

(Source:  CNN, http://edition.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/16/health.care.harry.reid)

"The stalling of proposed healthcare legislation in the last few months has illustrated the need to simply start over," NDTA executive director Dustin Gawrylow said.  "The upcoming White House summit on healthcare also shows the need to really just go back to the drawing board."

Recently, Senator Conrad indicated that his view on the usage of the budget reconciliation has changed from his stated stance as recently as last spring.

(Source:  The Hill, http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/77097-conrad-opens-door-to-reconciliation-for-healthcare)

"North Dakotans deserve to know whether their Senators support the use of what Congressman Pomeroy called legislative trickery," Gawrylow concluded.

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