TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Gov. Chris Christie says he'll wait for assessments from his attorney general and health commissioner before making any decisions on whether New Jersey should join other states in the lawsuit challenging health care reform.
State Assembly members Dave Rible and Mary Pat Angelini, both Republicans representing Monmouth County, are urging Christie to join 14 other states challenging the constitutionality of the federal health care reform bill signed into law by President Barack Obama last week.
Rible and Angelini say a mandate that all citizens should buy health insurance is in violation of the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Christie says he hopes to have his Cabinet members' assessments by the end of the week and will make a decision soon after.
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