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			<byline>By Associated Press</byline>			<abstract>				<p>Indiana leaders are gearing up for a new battle with Washington over how to expand Medicaid and comply with the federal healthcare law.</p>			</abstract>		</body.head>		<body.content>									<block><![CDATA[<p>Indiana leaders are gearing up for a new battle with Washington over how to expand Medicaid and comply with the federal healthcare law.</p><p>Republican Gov. Mike Pence's decision to reject a traditional Medicaid expansion is the latest salvo from a state that has landed in court in recent years over efforts to defund Planned Parenthood and crack down on illegal immigration.</p><p>The fights with Washington have created an interesting dilemma for lawmakers as they decide how to pick their battles.</p>]]></block><block><![CDATA[<p>Tea party activists have forced Senate President Pro Tem David Long to show his opposition to Washington this session after he bottled up legislation seeking to void the healthcare law.</p><p>Long says he'll try to enlist 33 other state Legislatures to call a constitutional convention on the law.</p>]]></block>			</body.content>		<body.end>			<tagline typ="std" />		</body.end>	</body></nitf>