Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Republican Leader John Boehner (R-West Chester) joined Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Urbana) and other members of the Ohio Republican Congressional delegation in a letter to Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray (D) asking that he join his fellow Attorneys General in challenging the constitutionality of H.R. 3590, the recently-signed health care overhaul bill.
The bill, signed into law by President Barack Obama yesterday, contains a controversial “individual mandate” provision requiring, under penalty of law, that every American purchase health insurance. Failing to comply with this new federal mandate can result in a prison sentence and monetary penalty of up to 2.5 percent of a person’s income. To date, a bipartisan group of thirteen (13) state attorneys general have launched legal action against the measure.
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