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AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Even as Dioceses file bankruptcy over sex abuse cases, Catholic Bishops threaten to undermine health insurance reform
Firedoglake: Actual Action At the House Rules Committee On The Health Care Bill: Stupak Amendment To Get Floor Vote
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RT @disruptivewomen Democrats to resolve abortion impasse on House floor http://tinyurl.com/ycouxnq ¶ How does this work for amdt losers? 13 days ago |
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As most powerful woman in country, Pelosi should be ashamed she sacrificed women to achieve her goals http://bit.ly/1DeJ3R 13 days ago |
Abortion, Immigration Vex Pelosi
The Page by Mark Halperin —
congressfloor1 House Dems to settle impasse over abortion in the health care bill Saturday by letting the entire House vote on proposed solution. Also must still address separate dispute within the caucus over immigration policy.
Even as Dioceses file bankruptcy over sex abuse cases, Catholic Bishops threaten to undermine health insurance reform
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Not happy with just ruining the lives of same-sex couples in Maine this week, the Catholic Bishops are trying to bring down health insurance reform in the House over the abortion issue. What really sucks is that members of the House are willing to let the Catholic Bishops, who enabled rampant sex abuse of children, to impose their theocratic view on this issue: ...
Actual Action At the House Rules Committee On The Health Care Bill: Stupak Amendment To Get Floor Vote
Firedoglake —
... how the deal “fell apart,” since he got what he wanted.
This is an enormous bet, and not a well-designed one either, in my view. The Democratic Party will tomorrow give a minority of their caucus an opportunity to amend a large health care bill that would effectively ban abortion services coverage in the individual and small group insurance market, essentially telling private insurance companies what they cannot cover.
UPDATE: Here’s more on this from the Washington Post. Pro-choice Democrats are seething right now. ...
Democrats, Placating Pro-Life Liberals, To Allow Vote On Abortion Amendment
Say Anything —
... Ok, but what happens when the amendment is voted down? Do these pro-life Democrats then vote for the bill anyway feeling their duty to their pro-life principles has been filled? ...
Saturday Word: Fort Hood and Health Care
The Caucus —
... . But, as Mr. Herszenhorn and Pear also note, the majority leader in the House, Steny Hoyer, has said the scheduled Saturday vote could be pushed back. In a post filed early Saturday morning, The Washington Post’s Lori Montgomery reports that the Democratic leadership has also decided how to proceed on what has proven to be quite the tricky matter: insurance coverage for abortion . According to Ms. Montgomery, anti-abortion Democrats will offer an amendment that would ban the proposed government-run insurance plan from covering the procedure. The provision, which has a good ...
PPP: Deeds Lost Because of Deeds, Not Obama
Blue Virginia —
... Deeds 45-30 and a Quinnipiac poll showed Chris Christie leading Jon Corzine 45-38. Those guys were getting creamed at the height of Obama's popularity. Jon Corzine and Creigh Deeds lost because of Jon Corzine and Creigh Deeds, not Barack Obama. No President is so amazingly popular that he can magically make leads of that magnitude disappear.End of story. Idiotic meme killed dead. Now, back to more important matters...like stopping garbage like this. :) ...
Fine for Me, But Not for Thee
Firedoglake —
You would think that in these days of outrage at bailouts for bankers who pay themselves rich bonuses while business after business downsizes or goes under completely, politicians would be very wary of showering blessings on the rich while throwing the poor under the bus.
You would, of course, be wrong.
Bart Stupak and his allies are apparently just fine with making abortion available only to the rich. Politifact notes that this is not just tinkering around the edges of health care policy: ...
TPMDC Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central —
... The Washington Post reports that the entire House will vote on an amendment to the health care bill by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI), to block people who receive federal subsidies from buying plans that would cover abortion. The amendment is expected to pass with about 40 pro-life Democrats and all Republicans -- who for their own part are ...
