 Wysłany: Sob 20:56, 12 Mar 2011 Temat postu: Judge in Va. strikes down federal health care law |
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| Judge in Va. strikes down federal health care law,Madoff found dead in NYC in apparent suicide
In his order, U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson said he will allow the law to remain in effect while appeals are heard, meaning there is unlikely to be any immediate impact on other provisions that have already taken effect. The insurance coverage mandate is not scheduled to begin until 2014. Even so,Judge in Va. strikes down federal health care law, Republicans in Congress celebrated the ruling as validation of the arguments they had made for months while the law was pending. Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., issued a statement urging the White House to agree to expedite a final ruling by appealing directly to the Supreme Court without first stopping at an appeals court. Hudson is the first federal judge to strike down a key part of the law, which had been upheld by fellow federal judges in Virginia and Michigan. Several other lawsuits have been dismissed and still others are pending,Judge in Va. strikes down federal health care law, including one filed in Florida by 20 states. |
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