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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Missouri Senate has adopted two resolutions critical of federal government operations.

Both measures prompted debate Monday on the role of the federal government.

One resolution calls on the federal government to approve only a balanced budget.

The other asks Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster to investigate a special deal that helped secure a favorable vote from Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska on a health care bill.

The deal would have spared Nebraska from paying any cost of a proposed expansion of Medicaid.

Nelson has since asked that the special provision be stripped from the health care bill. Attorneys general in several states had objected to the Nebraska exemption.