Yikes! It's scary to think that anybody, even a Republican, could seriously introduce a bill containing language like that.
Judging from the phrasing of the follow-up article, however, it sounds like a bit of an exaggeration to say that the bill was introduced by Republican lawmakers (plural). Reading between the lines here, I'm guessing that Ms. Miller managed to embarrass even her own party with this one. It would be interesting to know the partisan makeup of the committee that nixed the bill - majority Republican or Democrat? Clearly there weren't any other Republicans on the committee that wanted their names associated with this bill, which is faintly encouraging.
'State Sen. Patricia Miller, R-Indianapolis, issued a one-sentence statement this afternoon saying: “The issue has become more complex than anticipated and will be withdrawn from consideration by the Health Finance Commission.”'
"more complex than anticipated..."
Judging from the phrasing of the follow-up article, however, it sounds like a bit of an exaggeration to say that the bill was introduced by Republican lawmakers (plural). Reading between the lines here, I'm guessing that Ms. Miller managed to embarrass even her own party with this one. It would be interesting to know the partisan makeup of the committee that nixed the bill - majority Republican or Democrat? Clearly there weren't any other Republicans on the committee that wanted their names associated with this bill, which is faintly encouraging.
'State Sen. Patricia Miller, R-Indianapolis, issued a one-sentence statement this afternoon saying: “The issue has become more complex than anticipated and will be withdrawn from consideration by the Health Finance Commission.”'