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agaiziunas
06-29-2012, 07:08 PM
Last I checked, Article I, Section 7, clause 1 of our Constitution states that all bills relating to revenue, specifically tax bills, must originate in the House of Representatives.

Obamacare originated in the Senate. Thus, now that it is a tax, is it still legal? Hmmmmmm.....
Unknown.User
06-29-2012, 07:14 PM
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Kluge
06-29-2012, 07:23 PM
Even if they were that dumb, do you really think that would have stopped anything?
agaiziunas
06-29-2012, 07:33 PM
Wait, so the Senate can take any bill from the House, strip it clean and replace the entire contents with something else, then pass it anyway even though it's supposed to originate in the House?

That seems like a load of crap but then again when have any of our lawmakers given a crap about the Constitution they all swore an oath to uphold and protect...
Southerner
06-29-2012, 07:34 PM
...That seems like a load of crap but then again when have any of our lawmakers given a crap about the Constitution they all swore an oath to uphold and protect...

BINGO! & + Rep.
Southerner
06-29-2012, 07:36 PM
once was enough.
Miss Annie
06-29-2012, 09:10 PM
Interesting what Reality Check's Ben Swann has to say about it!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyLU9-VqVxY&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyLU9-VqVxY&feature=player_embedded
specsaregood
06-29-2012, 09:20 PM
Wait, so the Senate can take any bill from the House, strip it clean and replace the entire contents with something else, then pass it anyway even though it's supposed to originate in the House?


Yes. That's what happened with the bank bailout as well after it got rejected by the house the first time.