Biden says Supreme Court will uphold health-care law
By Felicia Sonmez, Updated: Sunday, April 1, 7:05 PM
Days after the Supreme Court wrapped up oral arguments on the constitutionality of the national health-care overhaul, Vice President Biden predicted Sunday that the high court will not throw out the Obama administration’s signature agenda item.
“I’m not going to speculate about something I don’t believe will happen,” Biden said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” when asked by host Bob Schieffer about the possibility that the court will throw out the entire health-care law. “I don’t believe it will happen. And so I think we should focus on what is the law doing for people now, and what would happen if, in fact, the Republicans were able to repeal it?”
The interview, which came as “Face the Nation” kicks off its new, hour-long format, marked Biden’s third appearance on the show as vice president and the 55th of his career, according to Schieffer. Biden weighed in on a wide range of topics.
On the hot-microphone incident — during which President Obama told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that he would have more “flexibility” in dealing with missile defense after the November election – Biden said that the president was “stating the obvious. That it’s going to be difficult. . . . We’re not going to have the flexibility to sit down and talk with people in this Congress that are going to be able to listen and be able to work with us, probably between now and Election Day.”
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