Question

The Ominbus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 authorized the government to deny income tax deductions for employer health plans that did not offer employees an option of keeping their health insurance after leaving the job. Which enumerated power allowed Congress to make the law?

Answer 1

Answer:

Commerce clause  (Commerce power)

Explanation:

Commerce clause, U.S. law Constitution allowing Congress to regulate trade with, and among, foreign nations and Indian Tribes.

Traditionally, the commerce clause has been viewed as both a legislative grant of positive authority and an implicit ban on state laws and regulations that conflict with or discriminate toward inter-state trade (the so-called "dormant" trade clause).