Speaker Boehner Applauds Ruling on Job-Destroying Health Care Law, Calls for Expedited Review  Washington (Jan 31) House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement welcoming U.S. District Court Judge Robert Vinson of Florida’s ruling that the job-destroying health care law is unconstitutional, and calling for expedited review of his decision:  “Today’s decision affirms the view, held by most of the states and a majority of the American people, that the federal government should not be in the business of forcing you to buy health insurance and punishing you if you don’t.  It’s not only unconstitutional, it’s also unaffordable.  This job-destroying health care law remains a major source of uncertainty for small businesses, which is why all parties involved should request that this case be sent to the U.S. Supreme Court for a swift and fair resolution.  Of course, the easiest way to protect the American people from this job-destroying health care law is to repeal it so we can start over with common-sense reforms that lower costs and protect jobs without unconstitutional mandates, new taxes, and costly penalties.  The House has passed legislation to do just that, and I hope that Senate Democratic leaders will bring up the measure for an up-or-down vote.”  NOTE : Speaker Boehner filed an amicus brief in this case in November supporting the position of American small businesses and most states that the job-destroying health care law is unconstitutional.  Two weeks ago, the new House majority voted to repeal the job-destroying health care law – which 200 economists call “a barrier to job growth” – and began work on replacing it with common-sense reforms aimed at lowering costs and protecting American jobs.  Cornyn Responds to Florida Healthcare Ruling “The Federal Government Cannot Force a Citizen to Buy Something They Don’t Want” Jan 31 2011 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) issued this statement today in response to the decision by a federal judge in Florida that the individual mandate central to the Obama health care law is unconstitutional – making the entire law void: "Today another court has ruled that the Federal Government cannot force a citizen to buy something they don’t want. The individual mandate in the President’s signature health care bill impinges on the individual liberties our founders fought so hard to protect and exceeds the government of limited powers they fought so hard to create. I will continue to work with my colleagues to repeal this massive, ill-conceived bill and replace it with sensible, substantive reform that will not sink future generations further into debt.” Florida Judges Rules Obamacare Unconstitutional USSenLindseyGraham | January 31, 2011 | U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham shares his thougts on the Florida district court judge ruling Obama health care to be unconstitutional. Speaker Boehner Judge Cites Small Business Owner Struggling With Uncertainty Caused By ObamaCare Posted by Don Seymour on January 31, 2011 In his ruling declaring ObamaCare unconstitutional, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Vinson provided a key example of how the law is - as a group of 200 economists deemed it - "a barrier to job growth." Judge Vinson references small business owner and plaintiff, Mary Brown, who indicated that the health care law isforcing her to consider “whether she can maintain her business,” or if she will be forced to “lay off employees” or “close her business” altogether. Here is the full passage on pages 14 and 15: “One of the individual plaintiffs, Mary Brown, has filed a declaration in which she avers, among other things: (i) that she is a small business owner and member of NFIB; (ii) that she does not currently have health insurance and has not had health insurance for the past four years; (iii) that she regularly uses her personal funds to meet her business expenses; (iv) that she is not eligible for Medicaid or Medicare and will not be eligible in 2014; (v) that she is subject to the individual mandate and objects to being required to comply as she does not believe the cost of health insurance is a wise or acceptable use of her resources; (vi) that both she and her business will be harmed if she is required to buy health insurance that she neither wants nor needs because it will force her to divert financial resources from her other priorities, including running her business, and doing so will threaten my ability to maintain my own, independent business; (vii) that she would be forced to reorder her personal and business affairs because, [w]ell in advance of 2014, I must now investigate whether and how to both obtain and maintain the required insurance; and lastly, (viii) that she must also now investigate the impact that compliance with the individual mandate will have on her priorities and whether she can maintain her business, or whether, instead, she will have to lay off employees, close her business, and seek employment that provides qualifying health insurance as a benefit.” The case of Mary Brown backs up Speaker Boehner’s assertion that the “job-destroying health care law remains a major source of uncertainty for small businesses.” Click here and here for more examples of job creators speaking out against ObamaCare. And click here for the Rasmussen survey showing that a plurality of voters believes “repeal of the health care law will be good for the economy.” The new House majority has already voted to repeal the bill and begun the process of replacing it with common-sense solutions that will lower costs and protect American jobs. Speaker Boehner urged Senate Democratic leaders to give repeal “an up-or-down vote,” and suggested that all parties involved in the lawsuit “request that this case be sent to the U.S. Supreme Court for a swift and fair resolution.”

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