Legal Commentary

Virginia Senate Passes Roadblock To Obamacare

This week, with bi-partisan majorities, the Virginia Senate passed bills that ?make it clear that no resident of the Commonwealth shall be required to purchase health insurance.?

According to state Republican Party Chairman Pat Mullins,

?Monday?s bipartisan vote illustrates just how far out of touch Democrats like Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th, and Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-11th, are on the issue of health care,? Mullins said. ?When Republicans asked Senate Democrats to join them in standing up against federal overreach, five decided to put the rights of their constituents ahead of the wishes of Washington, D.C....?

?Even Democrats in the Virginia Senate realize that the health care nightmare being negotiated behind closed doors across the Potomac is bad news for their constituents,? Mullins said. ?Monday?s vote shows again that Reps. Perriello, Connolly and the rest of the Democrats in Washington, D.C., aren?t listening to their employers ? the voters of the Commonwealth of Virginia.?

Full post as published by Discriminations on February 05, 2010 (boomark / email).