Breaking: Nelson rejects Casey’s abortion “compromise”
UPDATE, 12:50p:
UPDATE, 12:50p:
Amidst Democrats for Life’s Kristen Day met with Casey privately in the Oval Office Monday. Following are news reports on the “compromise,” which pro-life groups are rejecting. From the
On October 30 I wrote a Democrats for Life. Kristen is in direct contact with Democrat pro-life legislators and their offices. Turns out Kristen was right about MI Congressman Bart Stupak, as we now know. Kristen has sent another email, this one about NE Sen. Ben Nelson, the Senate go-to guy to keep abortion out […]
Recall Omaha-World Herald, today: Sen. Tom Harkin, D-IA, may try to eliminate the Senate filibuster. One or 2 members of the Democratic caucus have taken a “my-way-or- the-highway position” on health care, Harkin said today on a conference call with reporters. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-NE, has shaped up as one of the hardest votes for […]
54-45, and tabling means the amendment has been set aside and has effectively failed. Since this was a vote to table rather than a vote on passage, the pro-life vote was NAY. The vote breakdown…
So what else is new? The pro-abortion group NARAL began running a Freep.com, NARAL will also run the ad “in other key midsize media markets, including Richmond, VA, Raleigh, NC, and the Portland and Bangor markets in ME,” explaining: The ME markets make sense because Republican Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins could be key […]
UPDATE, 8:25a: The Politico article below indicated a vote may come as early as today on a Nelson-Hatch pro-life amendment to the Senate healthcare bill. However, a reliable Senate source wrote this morning, “Such an amendment has yet to even be filed and no agreements have been reached regarding that issue.” Stay tuned. 7:20a:This is […]