Posted on 02/02/2016 8:04:24 PM PST by Morgana
The US House of Representatives has voted 240-186 to override President Barack Obama’s veto of a bill to place a one-year moratorium on Planned Parenthood’s federal funding and repeal large parts of Obamacare, which also subsidizes abortion. The measure needed two-thirds support and so it failed to pass.
The legislation originally passed Congress 240-181 in the House and 52 to 47 in the Senate, but Obama vetoed it, declaring that the bill “would reverse the significant progress we have made in improving health care in America†and “disproportionately impact low-income individuals.â€
Rep. Diane Black (R-TN), one of House’s leading proponents of defunding legislation, reacted to the veto by declaring, “President Obama’s gall is stunning. He spent this week discussing the need to ‘protect innocent people’ and ‘save more lives’ yet he callously vetoed a bill to protect the most innocent and vulnerable among us.â€
The override was never expected to attain the 67 Senate votes and 290 House votes needed to make it law without Obama’s signature, but serves symbolic value as the first defunding bill to reach Obama’s desk. Pro-life advocates are optimistic that with a pro-life President, a similar measure can see passage next year.
That was planned “FU conservatives”. I hate these basturds worse that Rats.
Lousy show vote. Unfortunately the unborn suffer and satan wins again.
The right move would have been to defund IT ALL. And Congress has that power.
It sure is.
That is why we sent them there but they are worthless whores.
Let’s see what the vote is next year with a new president. If there is a vote.p
Over and above the subject matter, which is very grave, I detest having my intelligence insulted.
YEAH a symbolic vote!!!
Dog and pony show by Lyin’ Ryan.
Lyin’ Ryan needs to be Cantorized
Proverbs 24:11-12
11
Rescue those being led away to death;
hold back those staggering toward slaughter.
12
If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,”
does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who guards your life know it?
Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?
Beware !
I suspect that lawmakers are going to brag that they voted to defund Planned Parenthood (after they voted to fund it), likely knowing that they would not have the votes to override a presidential veto imo.
In other words, they are trying to win votes from the pro-choicers as well as the pro-lifers, the fact that Congress has no constitutional authority to fund planned parenthood beside the point.
Remember in November !
When patriots elect Trump, Cruz, or whatever conservative they elect, they need to also elect a new, state sovereignty-respecting Congress that will work within its Section 8-limited powers to support the new president.
Also, consider that such a Congress would probably be willing to fire state sovereignty-ignoring activist justices.
If a Republican ever gets in the White Hut again, he should be impeached if he doesn’t veto EVERY *** **** bill the communist DemocRAT party sends to his desk. Every damn one of them!
This continual sh1t sandwich is why all uniparty establishment needs to go.
Whoever wrote the bill with two controversial issues in it was a F-ing moron. It was twice as likely to fail. See my tag line.
Whoever wrote the bill with two controversial issues in it was a F-ing moron. It was twice as likely to fail. See my tag line.
“I suspect that lawmakers are going to brag that they voted to defund Planned Parenthood (after they voted to fund it), likely knowing that they would not have the votes to override a presidential veto imo.”
Yep.
And conservative scorecards are padded with votes for conservative or pro-life issues.
Still, I say do it again. Make Obama veto it a hundred times.
Political theater. Ryan could have stopped it thru the budget process,
The blood of unborn children on their hands, in service of an unjust leader.
Matthew 16:26
God will judge!
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