Posted on 03/16/2007 5:38:13 PM PDT by wagglebee
WASHINGTON, March 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Apparently the Democrats consider an emergency war funding bill to be an appropriate place to include funding for so-called "emergency contraception" for Planned Parenthood. On Thursday, the Appropriations Committee in the House of Representatives was scheduled to take up a $124.1 billion Supplemental Appropriations bill to fund the war in Iraq.
Into this emergency bill Democrats have buried a provision in the bill on page 155 which specifically mentions Planned Parenthood. The bill includes technical corrections to the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) regarding Medicaid. "These corrections: … clarify current law that planned parenthood clinics and certain university clinics can continue to receive nominal drug prices"
The provision, while not giving Planned Parenthood federal funds, would have allowed drug companies to give Planned Parenthood cheaper rates on drugs, without changing drug company profits, thus allowing greater profit to Planned Parenthood.
Congressional sources have informed LifeSiteNews.com that the language has just been pulled from the bill. However, pro-life congressional observers are noting that they must "remain vigilant" since such measures will likely resurface, and perhaps without the "obvious giveaway of Planned Parenthood's name."
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This is why the President doesn't have line item veto. The dems would lose the earmarks.
The SOBs - Dimocraps - are getting to be too much to take. The Plame theater and the firing of the attorneys just make up more of their mischeif and MSM dishonesty. Is it any wonder they have no positive national agenda except to attack Presidentr Bush at every turn. Sick bastards!!
That's the only wear they are willing to fight
"THE WAR ON BABIES"
I didn't go to the site for the rest of this article but read in the past week that the dems had added over 20 billion in pork to the Presidents request for war funding.
I wish that these idiotic dhimmicrats would stop thinking about killing babies for just one second. This is just disgusting.
WHAT A BUNCH OF SNAKES! Killing babies is ok but oh god don't torture the terrorists!!!!
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Exactly what I thought when I saw the headline wagglebee.
Baby-killing pork added on to a Bill to fund our fighting men and women! These people will rot in hell.
Why does this not surprise me? I am so tired of all this ugliness!
VETO! Does the president have the juevos to do it?
I agree. This is just another rat trap for the president. Does he sign the bill or not sign it because of the PP funding. He loses either way.
Apparently they removed the legislation according to the end of the article.
"Congressional sources have informed LifeSiteNews.com that the language has just been pulled from the bill. However, pro-life congressional observers are noting that they must 'remain vigilant' since such measures will likely resurface, and perhaps without the 'obvious giveaway of Planned Parenthood's name.'"
Anyway, if they tried it once, they'll try it again. They are like slimy snakes lunging at the unborn. I hope that if they do, which they probably will, President Bush will put VETO right across the middle.
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