Ohio Lt. Governor supports Attorney General s decision to sue Biden administration over stimulus package, calls plan arrogant and unconstitutional
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has announced that he is suing the Biden administration over the $1.9 trillion stimulus package. Author: Ben Axelrod Updated: 11:13 AM CDT March 18, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio
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Just as deposits began hitting the bank accounts of many Americans, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced that he is suing the Biden administration over its $1.9 trillion coronavirus (COVID-19) relief package, which was signed into effect last week.
On Thursday, Ohio Lt. Governor Jon Husted voiced support for AG Yost s lawsuit, writing the precedent Congress is attempting to set here is that anytime the federal government sends money to state or local governments, they could add strings to control the tax policies of all 50
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The aid is largely distributed based on each state s number of unemployed workers.
Yost argues in his lawsuit that Congress violated constitutional restraints in seeking to control how states set their tax policies. By accepting that money, the State must sacrifice its sovereign authority to set tax policy as it sees fit, because changes to tax policy that reduce revenues violate the Tax Mandate, the lawsuit reads. Such violations could be used to force the State to return funding received through the Act.
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The provision has drawn ire from conservative state officials concerned that it will get in the way of future efforts to cut taxes.