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WHAT'S NEW WITH THE HEALTHCARE BILL

" he President's new health care law is finally resulting in some bipartisanship.

According to a new poll, both parties are growing to hate it. Although the

numbers for repeal are solidly in the Republican camp (56% want the law

overturned), a general dissatisfaction is starting to creep into the President's

own party. A shocking one in four Democrats is now in favor of repeal--with 49%

of undecided voters piling on. That news is particularly bad for 12 Freshman

Democrats, who are taking a crack at a second term in hostile districts. In each

one, " a majority of those surveyed said they want the controversial law gone. "

And that starts with firing the people who put it there. "

http://tinyurl.com/26rf9yd

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This just in: " Congress is assuming control of all your personal economic

decisions. Or so says Judge Steeh, who yesterday became the first man

ever to rule on the constitutionality of the new health care law. The suit,

brought by our friends at the More Law Center, argued that it's an abuse

of power for Congress to order Americans to buy health insurance. Judge Steeh

disagreed, insisting (in his 20-page opinion) that the federal government has a

" right " to force citizens to buy products whether they want them or not. Of

course, there's nothing in the Constitution to support that argument. Nowhere

does it state that citizens can be required by an act of Congress to purchase

anything--including insurance policies. But that didn't matter to Judge Steeh,

who also struck down a challenge over the financial penalty imposed on people

who don't buy insurance. " The minimum coverage provision... is a reasonable

means of effectuating Congress's goal, " he wrote. " (more at Website)

http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=WU10J05 & f=PG07J01

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Lottie Duthu