Several bills pit Wyoming against feds CHEYENNE, WY (wpr) - The Wyoming legislature is considering a number of bills that would pit the state against the federal government.

The House has approved for introduction bills asserting states' rights and sovereignty. It also approved for introduction a bill that gives tools to the Wyoming Attorney General to sue the federal government for not properly following the Endangered Species Act or similar measures.

In discussing another bill, which would try to remove the 17th amendment of the U-S Constitution, Sheridan Representative Jack Landon says it seems like Wyoming is being forced to abide by too many federal rules: "Unless we again share sovereignty with the federal government, we will be nothing more than lobbyists. We have no standing as a state and we have seen the mandates on wolves, on Medicare, you name it."

The House has also agreed to consider a bill that would keep federal laws from applying to guns made, purchased and used in the state. The Senate considered but defeated a measure that would keep the federal government from interfering with an individual's personal health decisions. © Copyright 2012, wpr