DeMint tried to warn us. But Lisa lied. Now she’s fighting to make sure your taxpayer dollars are used to kill babies. And how do Washington Republicans respond to this betrayal by Murkowski, who lost the primary, vilified a patriot like Joe Miller, and lied about wanting to use taxpayer funds for abortion? They promote […]

UPDATE, 7:20p: Add Club for Growth and Heritage Action to the list of groups opposing any more short-term CRs whatsoever. Today, together with Family Research Council, they issued a joint press release stating they will score votes on short-term CRs. 7:15p: The Republican-controlled House Appropriations Committee today released another proposed short-term Continuing Resolution, to commence […]

The U.S.’s commitment to human rights involves a rhetorical nod and some half-hearted policy. Theoretically, at least, we believe there are some things that all people should be entitled to regardless of their ability to pay…. But there is no pretense when it comes to abortion. The right to abortion is not a true right […]

Pro-life Congressman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) wrote in an op ed at BigGovernment.com over the weekend: While working to defund this organization, as Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, I also plan to hold a hearing with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, testifying on why taxpayers should […]

1/18, 7:36p: David Freddoso at WashingtonExaminer.com has a comment on this, as does Kathryn Lopez at NRO Online.

1/18, 7:26p: Well, Lawdy, Speaker Boehner’s office has picked up on the Emanuel admission in a fact check:

Dem Claim: ObamaCare does not promote taxpayer funding of abortion, and legislation is not needed to keep abortions from being funded by taxpayer dollars under ObamaCare.

On Sunday pro-aborts hotly disputed that the Obama administration had done anything wrong by reinserting payment for end-of-life counseling into Obamacare as a regulation when Congress, under pressure, had earlier axed it from the bill. But less than 2 weeks after the New York Times revealed it was back, it’s gone again, also according to […]

Concerned Women for America president Penny Nance debated Planned Parenthood’s former president, Gloria Feldt, on MSNBC today about the boom of pro-lifers added to the congressional  ranks last month, the healthcare issue as it relates to abortion, and the appointment of pro-life Rep. Joe Pitts to head the House Health Subcommittee. I note Penny was […]

UPDATE, 11:33: from the Wall Street Journal: … Judge Hudson invalidated the part of the landmark healthcare law that requires individuals to buy health insurance…. And from the Boston Globe: … Administration officials told reporters last week that a negative ruling would have virtually no impact on the law’s implementation, noting that its two major […]