Pawlenty says health care changes "misguided"

The governor joins other GOP governors in writing to congress

March 18, 2010 at 8:26PM

A day after Republican U.S. House Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, praised GOP governors for writing to congress to object to the health care bill in DC, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty wrote to congress to object to the health care bill in DC.

"I write to express my significant concerns with the approach being taken by the Democratic congressional leadership and to urge you to vote against the current proposal," Pawlenty wrote to the Minnesota congressional delegation.

On Wednesday, Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer wrote an even stronger letter to the Minnesota delegation about health care.

"It is reckless to vote for a bill most of you have not yet read and certainly do not fully understand," state Rep. Emmer wrote.

Meanwhile, Republicans in the Minnesota Senate failed in their attempt to force a debate on the health care changes. Here's an Associated Press about that fight.

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