Nelson wiggles on healthcare filibuster
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A new wrinkle in the health reform debate is stirring controversy from a curious group: a social justice organization speaking out against the liberal definition of “whole life.” Yesterday pro-abort Sen. Barbara Mikulski echoed words similar to those she recently gave on the Senate floor, which were similar to words by Rep. launched his brouhaha […]
Harry Reid made this remarkably idiotic comment on the Senate floor December 7… Specifically, Reid said…
UPDATE, 12/9, 8:35a: According to a House source: The omnibus appropriations bill was considered by a House-Senate Conference [last] night and according to reports (text is not yet available for review), the Mexico City Policy and federal employee provisions were fixed and are no longer a pro-life problem in the bill. But, the hostile DC […]
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…
UPDATE, 3:57p: Tsk, tsk, Politico, which generally is a lot less biased in its reporting. Here’s the headline… And here are those “religious groups” opposing Nelson-Hatch according Politico, reason enough for pro-lifers to support it without even looking…
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 […]