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Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless Monster s A story that seems to be under the headlights but very appropriate involves how the Family Research Council got caught inaccurately accusing a Congresswoman of being a religious bigot. The entire story is here in Faith In Public Life : . . . the Family Research Council sent out a press release with the headline "FRC Calls On President Obama,...
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Right, Wing-Nut! (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Via sisu: Pope Benedict met artists from around the world in the Sistine Chapel on Saturday and urged them to inject spirituality into their work, saying contemporary beauty was often 'illusory and deceitful," reports Reuters. Compare Papa Ratzi's open invitation to engage in an expansive search for truth with President Obama's secretive, craven attempts to use the art community as a tool of the...
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The Denver Business Journal (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, said Thursday she was "pleased" with language concerning abortion in a new U.S. Senate health-care reform measure, in contrast to her opposition to anti-abortion provisions in a different health bill passed earlier by the House.
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ColoradoPols.com - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
From the Colorado Independent : Colorado U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette drew venom from conservative and Catholic bloggers yesterday for comments she made to ABC on the role Catholic bishops should be playing in shaping health care reform. But the venom was based on misquotes of the ABC interview published at The Hill, a political news website. Colorado right-wing blogger Michelle Malkin led the charge on...
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Tongue Tied 3 (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Democrat wants to silence Christians We read: "Still lamenting the overwhelming defeat that she and her pro-abortion cohorts suffered in the House when the Stupak-Pitts amendment was attached to the health care bill, Rep. DeGette is now calling for religiously-affiliated groups to be shut out of the public policy process as the bill goes to the Senate. “Last I heard, we had separation of...
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The Corner (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The Hill misquoted Rep. Diana DeGette yesterday, and I relied on their misquotation in a post . She said that the Catholic bishops should be among the groups that have input into legislation; she did not oppose their having input. Glad to hear it.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. ~ "DeGette: Stupak Agenda Is Much Wider Restrictions on Abortion," Brian Beutler, Talking Points Memo: Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) "takes issue" with Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.
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Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), a co-Chairwoman of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, has been an outspoken critic of the abortion language included in the House health care bill. In the interview that follows, she makes the case that current language in the House health care bill--proposed by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) and passed on the House floor shortly before the entire package was voted on--amounts to a massive...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) suffers from "religious bigotry" for suggesting religiously-affiliated groups should not take part in the healthcare debate, a top social conservative group alleged Tuesday. The Family Research Council (FRC) said that DeGette of characterizing people of faith as "second class" citizens for suggesting that religious groups like the U.S. Council of Catholic...
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Amspecblog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The Hill's Michael O'Brien reports that Diana DeGette (D-CO), co-chairwoman of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, while discussing the viability of the Stupak Amendment, claimed that the...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council President Tony Perkins today called on President Obama and Congressional leaders to repudiate comments made by U.S. Rep.
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ABC News (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Rep. Diana DeGette discusses health care reform and abortion language. Diana DeGette - Health - Abortion - United States - Health care
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Open Left (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
In my diary "Congresswoman Diana DeGette Talks About Her Letter & Blocking The Stupak Amendment" , Michele Kelly noted: Just for the record There is a coalition working on Hyde. http://www.hyde30years.nnaf.org/ That's their banner up above. You can click on it to go to their website (in a new window). In one of their flyers, they explain: Today, women forgo food, risk eviction, and pawn...
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Open Left (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Fundraising Note: Open Left's incredibly not heavy-handed fundraiser continues, with this brief reminder as I bring you an example of one new aspect of our site, ongoing interview-based reporting on current political developments and their deeper backgrounds. You can DONATE HERE before reading, and feel even better about what you're about to read, knowing you've just helped make more of the same possible...
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MyDD (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
In a story about Representative Bart Stupak, D-Yooperville, making threats -"there will be hell to pay" - if his amendment prohibiting is struck down, Steve Benen of the Washington Monthly quotes the office of GOP Minority Whip Eric Cantor as "if defeating Stupak wouldn't [have changed] the outcome on Saturday, then it is clearly evident that having it in and sparking a civil war amongst...
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kuntaking582 | 10/14/2009
Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, was in Denver Thursday to tout congressional Democrats' health care and economic stimulus policies. Diana DeGette, Dick Wadhams, Health Care, Nancy Pelosi, Colorado Politics http://facethestate.com/articles/17982-denver-pelosi-promises-no-deficit-spending-health-care
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