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On the recordMarch 16, 2010
Yesterday's Wall Street Journal highlights the process by which Democrats are trying to pass this government health care takeover. The process is just as bad as the provisions of the bill. Professor Michael McConnell, Director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School, wrote the article entitled, ``House Health Care Vote and the Constitution.'' Mr. McConnell presents the process called the Slaughter solution, which is nothing more than a procedural trick that deems the Senate bill passed without ever having a straight up-or-down vote. The article explains, ``The Slaughter solution cannot be squared with Article I, section 7 of the Constitution. Senate rules protect against majoritarian overreach by allowing a determined minority to filibuster most types of legislation.'' Madam Speaker, Americans need jobs, not a law which NFIB claims will kill 1.6 million jobs. In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.
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Joe Wilson
Republican · South Carolina
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govinfo.gov
Mar 16, 2010

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The speaker criticizes the process of passing health care legislation and its potential economic impact.

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