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Maine governor to state attorney general: 'Sue me'
Source: Reuters
Maine governor to state attorney general: 'Sue me'
BY DAVE SHERWOOD
BOWDOINHAM, Maine Thu Jan 9, 2014 12:24pm EST
(Reuters) - It is not every day that a U.S. governor asks his own state's attorney general to sue him, but that was Maine Republican Paul LePage's response to Democrat Janet Mills' demand that he release a report on the state's welfare system.
"Tell her to sue me," the Tea Party-backed Governor LePage told reporters who asked about the request by Attorney General Mills that he release the report, which is expected to inform the governor's position on the expansion of Medicaid in Maine under the Affordable Care Act.
LePage vetoed a bill last year that would have increased the number of low-income people eligible for the federal insurance program, but Democrats are pushing him to reconsider.
Local newspapers have also called on LePage to release the report, which his spokesman, Peter Steele, said is in draft stage and not yet ready for public release.
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BY DAVE SHERWOOD
BOWDOINHAM, Maine Thu Jan 9, 2014 12:24pm EST
(Reuters) - It is not every day that a U.S. governor asks his own state's attorney general to sue him, but that was Maine Republican Paul LePage's response to Democrat Janet Mills' demand that he release a report on the state's welfare system.
"Tell her to sue me," the Tea Party-backed Governor LePage told reporters who asked about the request by Attorney General Mills that he release the report, which is expected to inform the governor's position on the expansion of Medicaid in Maine under the Affordable Care Act.
LePage vetoed a bill last year that would have increased the number of low-income people eligible for the federal insurance program, but Democrats are pushing him to reconsider.
Local newspapers have also called on LePage to release the report, which his spokesman, Peter Steele, said is in draft stage and not yet ready for public release.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/09/us-usa-maine-governor-idUSBREA0811D20140109
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