Sticking Up For Our Constitution ~ By Stacy Nason

From Breakdown of America

GOP senators to force vote on constitutionality of health care reform bill By Stacy Nason December 22, 2009 I just received a release from someone in South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint’s office. Apparently, he and Nevada Sen. John Ensign plan to force a Senate vote on the constitutionality of the Democrats’ health care reform legislation. You know me — I’m a big fan of DeMint, and of any lawmaker who looks at a piece of legislation regardless of where it originates and asks, before anything else: “Where, exactly, in the Constitution does the federal government have the authority to do this?” It’s a responsible and patriotic mentality we need more and more right now, and it’s an attitude we’ll need just the same–if not more so–once the GOP has retaken the majority. It came as no surprise to see DeMint’s name attached to this effort. That, in my opinion, says more about Jim DeMint than any single vote or speech or interview or appearance. Anyway, I’ve said enough — here’s the press release:

December 22, 2009 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) and John Ensign (R-Nevada), raised a Constitutional Point of Order on the Senate floor against the Democrat health care takeover bill on behalf of the Steering Committee, a caucus of conservative senators. The Senate will vote tomorrow on the bill’s constitutionality.

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