Tennessee Joins States Looking To Yank Fed Reins

Tennessee has joined the list of states looking to yank the reins on the federal government's expansion into what more and more state lawmakers are considering their own prerogatives.

"We have to smack their hand a little to get it out of the cookie jar," state Sen. Stacey Campfield told WND today after confirming that he and state state Rep. Matthew Hill have launched Tennessee's version of a national nullification bill.

WND reported just days ago that Arizona and Montana were the first two states to introduce the proposals to set up standing state commissions to review "all existing federal statutes, mandates, and executive orders" to determine their constitutionality.

The results would be recommendations to state lawmakers whether any particular federal plan should be "nullified" in that state.

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