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NEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />
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Governor Snyder recently vetoed a bill that was unanimously approved by the Michigan Legislature.<br />
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The bill related to &quot;memorandums of agreement</span><span style="font-size: larger;">&quot;</span><span style="font-size: larger;"> reached by state officials with governments outside Michigan. The governor said that the bill would have required state agencies to forward&nbsp; so-called </span><span style="font-size: larger;">&quot;</span><span style="font-size: larger;">cross boundary</span><span style="font-size: larger;">&quot;</span><span style="font-size: larger;"> agreements to the attorney general's office before approval by the governor.<br />
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The Snyder administration says it would have violated the separation of powers clauses for state government. <br />
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Rep. Paul Opsommer, the sponsor of the bill, stated:<br />
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</span><span style="font-size: larger;">&quot;</span><span style="font-size: larger;">It was one of the last bills I thought would ever get vetoed, because it is a 'transparency' bill,</span><span style="font-size: larger;">&quot;</span><span style="font-size: larger;"> <br />
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Opsommer said the bill wasn't motivated by a recent and controversial agreement involving Michigan and Canada related to a proposed new bridge to link the nations. Rather that the impetus dates back to Governor Granholm&rsquo;s administration and a memorandum of agreement with England related to energy savings.<br />
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He said the bill was designed to make sure future agreements with other governments could be found on file with the Michigan attorney general&rsquo;s office and the state's Office of the Great Seal.<br />
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Lawmakers of both political parties were fine with that. The bill received final approval in the House by a 109-0 vote, and it cleared the Senate by a 38-0 vote.<br />
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NEW POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should the legislature override Governor's veto of the Tranparency Bill?<br />
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Yes<br />
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Undecided<br />
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PREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should the Michigan House agree to setting up a healthcare exchange or wait until after the November election to decide?<br />
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28% -- Yes - Set up the healthcare exchange NOW that Governor Snyder wants<br />
69% -- No - Wait to decide on what to do until after the November election<br />
3%&nbsp;&nbsp; -- Undecided<br />
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TWO COMMENTS WERE MADE ON THIS POLL QUESTION:<br />
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COMMENT #1<br />
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Health Exchanges<br />
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Continue to say &quot;no&quot; to health exchanges. It will NOT be a benefit to Michigan residents. Listen to Rick Perry who understands the false promise of 0bama-proposed health exchanges (0bama has never proposed ANYTHING that is a benefit to Americans - - not one thing - - and the health exchanges are just one more bad, misdescribed thing to say defeat.)<br />
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Continue to say no even if in the worst possible scenarios, we wind up stuck with 0bamatax. Health exchanges are unfunded mandates from the feds to the states. All that it will do is expand Medicaid to people who are or who claim to be poor, including illegal alliens. The feds will only pay more for this expansion of service for a short time and then Michigan taxpayers will be stuck with an inflated bill that we cannot afford.<br />
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Medicaid is the worst possible &quot;health care&quot;. The reimbursements are so low that medical providers refuse to serve Medicaid patients or only allow a few patients. Expanded Medicaid will reduce the number of doctors and expand the line to be able to see a doctor. Medicaid that is expanded in a state that votes to accepts health exchanges steals money from Medicare health care, steals an extraordinary amount of money from Michigan taxpayers, adds to government bureaucracy and provides very, very little in return.<br />
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COMMENT #2<br />
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Health Care exchange<br />
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Tell the house to pass the health exchange legislation. Even if, and that's a big if, the GOP capture both the Pres. and the Sen it doesn't mean that they will be able to repeal any aspect of the healthcare law. If they don't act Mich families will lose.<br />
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Mike Wall<br />
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