Two years ago, Las Vegas Congresswoman Shelley Berkley followed her liberal mentor Harry Reid and voted for President Barack Obama’s government-run healthcare bill that raised taxes by $500 billion, cut $500 billion from Medicare and forced every American to purchase health insurance.
Fortunately the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals – which was comprised of two judges who were nominated by President Bill Clinton and one judge who was nominated by President George H.W. Bush – ruled that the health care reform law’s requirement that nearly all Americans buy insurance is unconstitutional.
As the Washington Examiner reports:
“A federal appeals court has ruled that the national health care law’s individual mandate is unconstitutional, calling it “an unprecedented exercise of congressional power.” The 11th Circuit, which was hearing the case brought by 26 states led by Florida and the National Federation of Independent Business concluded: that the individual mandate contained in the Act exceeds Congress’s enumerated commerce power.”
“Despite her continued attempts to defend government-run healthcare, yet another federal court confirmed today that Las Vegas Congresswoman Shelley Berkley’s individual mandate is unconstitutional,” said National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jahan Wilcox. “Once again, Shelley Berkley’s liberal Washington record puts her at odds with Nevadans and with the law.”
Background Information:
SHELLEY BERKLEY STRONGLY SUPPORTED THE INDIVIDUAL MANDATE
In June 2010, Berkley Voted Against A Measure That Would Have Removed The Individual Mandate To Purchase Health Insurance In The Health Care Bill. “Camp, R-Mich., motion to recommit the bill to the Ways and Means Committee with instructions that it be immediately reported back with language that would repeal the individual mandate to purchase health insurance in the 2010 health care overhaul law.” (H.R. 5486, CQ Vote #362: Motion rejected by a vote of 187-230: D 21-229; R 166-1, 6/15/10, Berkley Voted Nay)
