NU Online News Service, Feb. 2, 2:24 p.m. EST
WASHINGTON—Senior members of the Senate Judiciary Committee clashed over whether the government can force individuals to buy health insurance, with Democrats voicing confidence that the Supreme Court will ultimately uphold congressional authority to do so.
Debating the "mandate" issue, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chairman of the committee, said that the authority of Congress to act is "well established" in the Constitution, by prior acts of Congress and by long-standing court precedent.
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