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Health-Overhaul Foes Ready Court Challenges
03/22/2010: Opponents of the health-care overhaul awaiting President Barack Obama's signature said Monday they would quickly file legal challenges, potentially giving the U.S. Supreme Court a fresh opportunity to reopen questions...

10 states line up to sue over health bill, Florida AG says
03/22/2010: (CNN) -- Ten states plan to file a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the new health care reform bill, Florida's attorney general announced Monday. Bill McCollum, the Republican attorney general under...

The health care reform fight isn't over. It's just changing venues
03/22/2010: Now that the House, in a historic vote, has passed the Senate's bill and sent it to the president's desk, state lawmakers and attorneys general already are lining up to challenge its constitutionality and wage an...

McCollum discusses health care bill on Fox News
03/22/2010: TAMPA - Florida Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill McCollum will appear on two Fox News shows this afternoon to discuss his plan to challenge health care reform if it passes. McCollum is on...

Residents have mixed opinions on health care reform
03/22/2010: The prognosis on the health care measure was mixed Sunday night from some area residents. Health care reform pleased Teresa Broxton, 47, of Daytona Beach who was shopping with her daughters Michaela, 7, and Brianna,...

Health care reform passes 219-212
03/22/2010: WASHINGTON — Bringing one of the most complex, controversial and elusive public policy goals to the brink of reality, the House of Representatives approved sweeping health care legislation late Sunday after a...

Health Care: What's Next for GOP, Health Care Bill Opponents
03/22/2010: With House Democrats’ arms in slings and careers in tatters, the House voted to pass Obamacare last night by a vote of 219-212. The only bipartisanship involved was the vote against the bill, with 34 Democrats siding...

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum vows to sue if health-care reform bill is passed
03/21/2010: Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum is hoping to step up the heat on the federal government once Congress passes its health-care overhaul -- assuming the final reform still contains a mandate that individuals have...

GOP officials threaten court challenge to health care bill
03/20/2010: WASHINGTON -- Republican prosecutors from South Carolina and Florida said Friday they were preparing to file a lawsuit if the health care bill before Congress becomes law, challenging its requirement that all Americans...

McCollum to challenge 'deem and pass'
03/20/2010: Florida's Republican attorney general intends to file a legal challenge if the House approves the health-care bill using the "deem and pass" method. A spokeswoman for Attorney General Bill McCollum tells NBC News that...