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Republicans take Obama to court

Republicans in July voted to sue over the Affordable Care Act, and today claimed in a complaint filed in Washington federal court that the president exceeded his powers when he delayed one of the measures central requirements without a vote of Congress.

By Sophia Pearson | Updated on November 21, 2014
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) — U.S. House Republicans made good on a vote to sue the Obama administration over implementation of the 2010 health-care law with a lawsuit naming the Department of Health and Human Services and the Treasury as defendants in what they claim to be a case of constitutional overreach.

Republicans in July voted to sue over the Affordable Care Act, and today claimed in a complaint filed in Washington federal court that the president exceeded his powers when he delayed one of the measure’s central requirements without a vote of Congress.

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