Florida district court Judge Roger Vinson ruled part of the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional Monday, becoming the second judge to do so in the past two months.
Judge Vinson ruled the individual mandate portion of the law, which outlines penalties or taxes on those who do not obtain health insurance coverage, as unconstitutional. Other federal judges have upheld that part of the law.
Florida is joined by 25 other states in the lawsuit.
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Florida district court Judge Roger Vinson is expected to issue a ruling Monday in the lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act, in which Florida is joined by 25 other states.
Judge Vinson, a Reagan appointee, has hinted he will declare at least a portion of the law -- the individual mandate outlining penalties for those who do not obtain health insurance -- unconstitutional, as a judge in Virginia did in December.
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U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Plantation, will not seek the Republican nomination for president or vice president in 2012. The GOP field is wide open, but no one was asking about the freshman congressman's presidential aspirations -- until he was interviewed Saturday at the Conservative Republican Forum.
"Well, of course not," West said in response.
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The Florida Bankers Association on Monday blasted a proposal by the U.S. Department of Treasury requiring banks to report interest payments to nonresident alien individual depositors to the Internal Revenue Service.
This proposal will literally drain tens of billions of dollars from the U.S. economy, said FBA President and CEO Alex Sanchez.The impacts would be hard-hitting and immediate.
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South Florida Republican U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, demanded that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak respond to mass protests by holding democratic elections.
The Egyptian people need to be afforded a peaceful venue to express their will, said Ros-Lehtinen. "Mr. Mubarak should listen to the demands of the Egyptian people for freedom and immediately schedule legitimate, democratic, internationally-recognized elections.
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Democrats aren't wasting any time getting back in the game. Republicans gave them such a shellacking at the polls in November that they're looking to rebound big in 2012 -- starting as early as right now and targeting 19 Republican U.S. House incumbents they believe are vulnerable, including two in Florida.
Florida Republican U.S. Rep. John Mica, the new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said that he had little faith in the Transportation Security Agencys (TSA) plans to reduce its private contracted screeners. Instead, Mica said the TSA needed to reduce the size of its own work force.
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While people across the state and nation wait for U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson of the Northern District of Florida to release a decision on the constitutional challenge launched by Florida against the federal health care law backed by President Barack Obama, Florida Republican U.S. Rep. David Rivera offered his take on the matter.
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State Rep. Ken Roberson's recent e-mail response to a concerned constituent didn't inspire much confidence in the lawmaker's grasp of the state's proposed rail projects.
The Port Charlotte Republican's Jan. 28 e-mail attempted to rebut criticism of the multibillion-dollar high-speed rail line that would connect Tampa and Orlando. But conflating that project with the SunRail commuter line in Orlando, Roberson wrote:
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