By Ernie Suggs
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Politics
March 17, 2010
Republican Sen. Judson Hill tried to send a message Wednesday to President Barack Obama about health care.
Instead, the Democrats in the Georgia Senate sent the GOP a message by rejecting Hill’s proposed constitutional amendment that would have allowed Georgians to opt out of federally mandated health care.
"We stand united, at least within the Republican Caucus, to say your health care and your health care freedoms of choice are critically important,” said Hill, of Marietta.
Senate Resolution 794 was part of a nationwide effort launched by Republicans to defeat the health care overhaul being considered in Congress.
There are currently 38 states pushing constitutional amendments that would give the states the option of not participating in federal health care. Hill’s resolution was meant to block any federal health care bill.
It would have allowed Georgia to invoke the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which says that any power not explicitly granted the federal government in the Constitution is preserved for the states.
Hill argued that a proposed health care overhaul -- for which support and opposition are sharply split along party lines -- would protect Georgians from having to participate in a federal program.
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