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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: Chris on December 23, 2009, 08:18:10 AM

Title: Feinstein: Commerce Clause Gives Congress Authority to Mandate Health Insurance
Post by: Chris on December 23, 2009, 08:18:10 AM

(CNSNews.com) – Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) said that Congress has the authority to mandate that people buy health insurance and that there is no constitutional limit on Congress’ power to enact such mandates, adding that this unlimited authority stemmed from the Commerce clause of the Constitution.
 
The health care bills in both the House and Senate require that every American purchase a health insurance policy. At the Capitol on Tuesday, CNSNews.com asked Sen. Feinstein: “Where in the Constitution does Congress get the authority for an individual health insurance mandate?”
 
Feinstein said: “Well, I would assume it would be in the Commerce clause of the Constitution. That’s how Congress legislates all kinds of various programs.”
 
CNSNews.com followed up by asking Sen. Feinstein whether this broad power had any limits: “If there’s a health insurance mandate, is there a limit to that authority? Is there something that can’t be mandated?”
 
Feinstein responded: “My own view is that there is not, within health insurance.”
 
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/58937

Title: Re: Feinstein: Commerce Clause Gives Congress Authority to Mandate Health Insurance
Post by: NHSparky on December 23, 2009, 08:20:16 AM

This from the "See-You-Next-Tuesday" who said if she could get 51 votes she'd take all our guns away.

Sorry hon, ain't buying it.

Title: Re: Feinstein: Commerce Clause Gives Congress Authority to Mandate Health Insurance
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on December 23, 2009, 08:52:56 AM

She would "assume?"

(Please spare us the threadbare "when you assume..." pun.)

Does the rancid scrunt know that the clause specifies interstate commerce?

Ever since congress forbade the selling of insurance from out of state it seems to me they cut themselves out of the prospect of legislating.

Title: Re: Feinstein: Commerce Clause Gives Congress Authority to Mandate Health Insurance
Post by: Ladywinter on December 23, 2009, 09:52:42 AM

Don't get me started on Mzzz Feinstein!!  Come 2010 of November - her ass is outta here... :beer:

Title: Re: Feinstein: Commerce Clause Gives Congress Authority to Mandate Health Insurance
Post by: Celtic Rose on December 23, 2009, 09:54:58 AM

Quote from: Ladywinter on December 23, 2009, 09:52:42 AM

Don't get me started on Mzzz Feinstein!!  Come 2010 of November - her ass is outta here... :beer:

That would be nice, but her base is still strong  :bawl: I'm hoping that by then people will see the current administration as enough of a failure to be willing to vote her out.