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Republicans in the US House of Representatives have standing to proceed with a lawsuit against US President Barack Obama's administration over his signature healthcare law, a federal judge said Wednesday, handing them a significant and somewhat unexpected victory in the ongoing legal battle.
US District Court Judge Rosemary M. Collyer ruled Wednesday against the Obama administration's motion to dismiss the case. Collyer said House Republicans do have the standing to pursue their challenge, which argues that the Obama administration violated the US Constitution by spending money on the law that had not been appropriated by Congress.
That was a key question in the lawsuit, which the White House and House Democrats have continually dismissed as a "political stunt." In her ruling, Collyer rejected that argument, calling the House's challenge valid.
At this point - I'm really tired of enriching a bunch of lawyers with money we don't have to spend - with it ending up in the Supreme Court with no changes that will happen.
I would rather people vote in legislators to remove Obamacare through the normal process - or revise it to make it work for us.
Despite the setback, health law experts do not see this case as posing a major challenge to the future of Obama’s healthcare law. If spending for the reimbursements were cut off, insurers might have to raise premiums somewhat. Other experts say the insurance companies could turn to a federal claims court to seek reimbursements.
Shrug. Its not going anywhere important in the end, but I think the message the the ruling sent is a important one, and from initial looks it appears to be the constitutionally required ruling from a judge on that specific piece. But for those on the GOP side celebrating....this isnt a win of any sort yet, its just a ruling on standing.
Damn Republicans! Are victories against Obama getting so scarce that you're throwing parties for ANY little shred of hope or any small bones thrown your way?
Damn Republicans! Are victories against Obama getting so scarce that you're throwing parties for ANY little shred of hope or any small bones thrown your way?
Geez...at least try not to sound so desperate.
Yeah, those Republican victories have been soooo scarce since Obama took office. Electing Republicans may be the ONLY thing King Obama has a real knack for:
Balz pointed to data from the National Conference of State Legislatures, showing that Republicans had unified control -- both chambers of the legislature and the governorship -- in nearly half of the 50 states.
There's another way to look at that. The NCSL's annual breakdown of the composition of each state's Senate and House or Assembly goes back to 2009, when President Obama was inaugurated. Since then, the ratio of Republicans to Democrats has tilted to the right in nearly every Senate and nearly every legislature.
Republicans won control of the Senate Tuesday evening as GOP candidates across the country swept to victory in crucial midterm elections, reflecting widespread unease about the nation’s direction and the electorate’s disenchantment with President Obama.
President Obama has lost nearly 70 seats in the House since taking office and more seats in midterm elections than any president since Harry Truman. Democrats have suffered a net loss of at least 69 House seats since 2008, with the possibility that Republicans could pick up even more as the final 2014 midterm races are called. Senate Democrats have not fared much better, losing a net of at least 13 seats since Obama took office.
We took a state-by-state look of lost seats from the best source available, the National Conference of State Legislatures. Using the group’s data, we compared the number of Democratic seats in early 2009, when Obama took office, to the number of seats after the 2014 midterms.
The bottom line: Republicans now control about 56 percent of the country’s 7,383 state legislative seats, up 12 percentage points since 2009. Thirty-five states posted double-digit seat losses for the Democrats in state legislatures, including more than 50 seats each in Arkansas, New Hampshire and West Virginia.
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