Obamacare Challenge Over Origins of Law Tossed by U.S.
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A constitutional challenge to the Obama administration’s health-care plan based on the claim a revenue-raising portion of the law originated in the U.S. Senate was thrown out by a federal appeals court.
The plaintiff in the 2010 lawsuit argued that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act violates the Constitution’s origination clause, which requires that laws authorizing taxes start in the House, not the Senate.