TX AG Greg Abbott Says Senate Health Care Bill Unconstitutional
Greg Abbott has thrown down the gauntlet in the debate over universal health Care. With the Senate and House working 
behind closed doors to piece together a compromise that will be palatable to the far right and the blue dogs, the Texas Attorney General points out that ultimate fallacy of the legislation.
Abbott say among other things that the proposal violates the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. This argument predates the incredulity of the Nebraska Compromise mandates that 49 states will be forced to pay for the increased state obligation created by the health care bill. While Senate Majority Leader Harry Reed seems quite content with entering into this corrupt bargain in order to ensure the vote of Senator Ben Nelson (D-Neb), the rest of the nation is screaming foul.
While this monstrous bill may eventually be passed in some form or another, for citizens to sit back mutely is unacceptable. Failure to protest is consent by silence.
The complete letter can be found at this link
Is Texas planning to sue the federal government ( as many states are)if this health care bill is passed by the process “deem and pass”? What exactly is the state of Texas planning to do if this bill is signed into law? What about the education bill which puts the federal government in charge of all student loans which will be attached to this bill? The whole process is unconstitutional and makes a mockery of our system of checks and balances. What is Texas going to do?
Denise,
To my knowledge, TX AG has not elaborated on the comments he made regarding healthcare that I quoted. At that time, “deem and pass” was not even considered as an option to get the bill passed.