Apparently the Catholic Church, just like the other Beltway lobbyists, now writes our legislation. Via McClatchy: The drama had built for months, pitting a group of Democrats against the Catholic Church. Priests and bishops were calling members to lobby for stricter language to limit abortion coverage, members and aides said last week. But the final decision played out over a few furious hours Friday...
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Rich Galen writes in his Nov. 9 CNSNews.com column : Among those voting for the health care bill was the new Congressman from NY-23, Bill Owens, who had said during the campaign that he was opposed to the public option. Here's an abridged version of the conversation which went on between majority leader Steny Hoyer and Owens as he was about to be sworn in: Welcome to Washington, Bill. Here are your...
The amendment passed by the House doesn't just limit funding of abortions by the government, it seems to ban all insurance companies from paying for abortions. According to Politico, this really offended our own Rosa DeLauro: ...(W)hen Pelosi announced late Friday that she would allow an amendment strictly limiting insurance coverage of abortions, it touched off an angry yelling match between DeLauro...
A bill to reform health care squeaks through the House. The action moves to the Senate THE House of Representatives narrowly passed a health-care bill on Saturday November 7th, a big step for those who want to reform America's $2.5 trillion health-care system. Barack Obama spent part of his Saturday making a rare visit to Capitol Hill to press some hesitating Democrats into giving their support, although...
I'm trying to keep politics on the other blog , but occasionally big awesome things happen. And I am just in awe of this woman. She beat Social Security privatization in 2005 by refusing to concede anything to Bush. She used the John Murtha resolution to turn the Democrats into a wholeheartedly anti-Iraq-War party in 2006, over the objections of Rahm Emanuel and Steny Hoyer . This year she's gotten...
Now, I know most of the people who read this blog are pro-life (as am I), so before you get all worked up about that post title, hear me out. The pro-life movement did not distinguish itself during last night's Obamacare vote in the House, it got played by Nancy Pelosi and I'll explain how in a moment. Last night's vote in the House was as carefully scripted as a WWE wrestling match. The winner was...
Maryland's congressional delegation voted 6 to 2 Saturday night in favor of passage of the landmark health-care reform bill, with only first-term Democrat Frank Kratovil breaking with his party and voting no. In a statement, Kratovil called the bill too expensive and said: "I was not able to support the bill before Congress today because I do not believe it meets my criteria for a sustainable...
U.S. President Barack Obama Saturday made a rare visit to Congress and met with House Democratic leaders, as his last-minute push for a health care reform that was expected to be passed later the day. The president arrived at the Capitol Hill in late morning and held a close-door meeting with Democratic leaders including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority leader Steny Hoyer. He was scheduled...
The House floor erupted in one of the loudest cheers the chamber has heard in years when Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), an hour before midnight, cast the 218th and deciding vote on landmark health care reform. There were still six minutes and fifty-two seconds on the clock and the chair made a move to gavel the vote closed. Democrats waived their opposition, keeping the vote open. Almost every eye...
So Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, et. al. have successfully managed to put one foot through the doorway into nationalizing one-sixth of our economy. The public, and the economy be damned. “This is our moment to revolutionize health care in this country,” said Representative George Miller, Democrat of California and one of the chief architects of the bill. Good choice of words by Miller. Revolutionize...
UPDATE, 11:25p: From David Brody at CBNNews.com ... Folks, this is a huge deal. This war for the pro-life community is not over... but nevertheless what happened on Saturday in the House will go down as a HUGE victory for pro-life Americans .... First of all, if you just heard a loud thud well that was pro-choice liberals in the House plopping down in their seats dumbfounded and frustrated as can...
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According to the Washington Post , the House is expected to vote on the Democrats' health care takeover bill at around 10:00 tonight, eastern time. The Post says that both parties are keeping their vote counts close to the vest, but an hour or so ago Republican Whip Eric Cantor tweeted that 34 Democrats have said they will vote against the bill. The count is up from 31 not long ago. Assuming that...
US President Barack Obama waves as he walks out of the Caucus Room with House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Congressman John Larson, and other leaders after a meeting on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, November 7, 2009. ( Getty )
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