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To: narses
And the Wellstone bill did not raise taxes on the American people.

It was a bill that required insurance companies to cover mental illness.

Indirectly, it is a tax on health insurance, so in the hair-splitting, parsing, weasel-word world, I suppose it is a “revenue bill.”

But to take that legislation, which only passed the House because it was an entirely different bill, then rewrite it so that it comprised something that had just gone down in flames, is a direct violation of both the letter and spirit of the Constitution.

30 posted on 10/05/2008 11:49:48 AM PDT by mojito
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To: mojito

“... is a direct violation of both the letter and spirit of the Constitution.”

Not in my view, but go ahead, sue. Both Houses of Congress and the President disagree with you. Maybe the SCOTUS will concur. It can happen. Remember the line-item veto? Sue away FRiend. I hope you have deep pockets.


31 posted on 10/05/2008 11:54:34 AM PDT by narses (Obama and Osama both have friends who bombed the Pentagon.)
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