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reform bill Thursday, December 24, 2009 09:05 AM EST Senate Democrats
passed a landmark health care bill in a climactic Christmas Eve vote that could define President Barack Obama's legacy and
usher in near-universal medical coverage for the first time in the country's history. Related
Stories Wednesday, December 23, 2009 04:11 PM EST The Senate
health care bill is dead on arrival in the House, unless special "carve outs" for Medicaid funding are removed
and changes are made to the abortion language, Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) told CNSNews.com on Tuesday. Related
Stories Thursday, December 24, 2009 05:45 AM EST Senator Bob
Casey (D-Pa.) said he was not sure if there is a "specific constitutional provision" that gives Congress
the authority to mandate that all Americans have health insurance. Casey asserted, however, that the mandate was constitutional. Related Stories Thursday, December 24, 2009 05:13 AM EST Sen. Ben Nelson
(D-Neb.) said Wednesday that Congress is "probably" given the constitutional authority to mandate that individuals
buy health insurance in the "same place" that states get the power to mandate that people purchase auto insurance. Related Stories Thursday, December 24, 2009 05:00 AM EST When asked,
Senator Mark Begich (D-Alaska) did not say where Congress gets the constitutional authority to require that Americans
purchase health insurance, as both the Senate and House health care bills mandate, and instead called the issue "more
stall tactics." Related Stories Thursday, December 24, 2009 04:30 AM EST Senator Bernie
Sanders (I-Vt.) told CNSNews.com that the constitutional provision that empowers the government to run Medicare is "probably"
where Congress gets the authority to require Americans to buy health insurance, as the current health care bills would mandate. Related Stories Thursday, December 24, 2009 04:01 AM EST Sen. Jeff Sessions
(R-Ala.) said Wednesday that mandating that individuals purchase health insurance may be a "violation" of the Constitution,
and that it contradicts what he thought the "limited" role of the government was understood to be for "centuries." Related Stories Wednesday, December 23, 2009 05:10 AM EST Senator Diane
Feinstein (D-Calif.) said that Congress has the authority to mandate that people buy health insurance, adding that this is
an unlimited power that stems from the Commerce clause of the Constitution. Related
Stories Thursday, December 24, 2009 04:01 AM EST The White House
will not weigh in on the case of the three Navy SEALs facing court martial for allegedly mistreating an Iraqi terror suspect
believed to have been behind the slaying of four Americans in 2004. Related Stories Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), a pro-life Democrat, said the White House and House
leadership are pressuring him to keep quiet about the taxpayer-funding of health plans that cover abortion as mandated in
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