Public interest group Public Citizen reported that the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has dismissed its suit holding that the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 was unconstitutional.
The group filed suit in March because the U.S. House of Representatives passed a version of the bill that was different than the one signed into law by President Bush, a violation of the bicameral clause of the Constitution.
Public Citizen said it would appeal the decision, which it said gave an overly broad reading to Marshall Field v. Clark, an 1892 case addressing whether congressional journals could be used to demonstrate that a bill did not pass Congress, and gave insufficient weight to a recent Supreme Court decision that undermined that broad reading.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
August 15, 2006
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