Jim Gibbons

NV Gov To AG: C'Mon, Get Us In On That Health-Care Lawsuit

Zachary Roth | March 26, 2010, 11:23AM

Gov. Jim Gibbons (R-NV)

We've told you about the 13 state attorneys general who have filed suit to get health-care reform declared unconstitutional. But spare a thought for another state official who's desperate to get in on the fun too -- but so far in vain.

That's Gov. Jim Gibbons of Nevada. On Wednesday, the GOP governor called on his state's attorney general, Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto, to sign the Silver State onto the lawsuit, citing a state law that gives the governor the power to direct that legal action be taken "to protect and secure the interest" of the state.

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