"I believe it is peace for our time"
Posted on 03/21/2010 1:54:00 PM PDT by American Dream 246
You’re exactly right. Hitler did the same thing by nationalizing healthcare in Germany.
Community Health Center is Acorn?
Roger that. Collected a swimming pool load today.
Enough to last into next year.
Maybe that snarky character didn’t think about the fact that some woman who wants an abortion and doesn’t have the money to purchase it just might sue the government because they are paying for other abortions.
I’m not going to hold my breath, but I’d bet someone will try it and it will cost a lot more than an abortion money-wise.
That is my understanding. I remember years ago Reagan refused to fund and enforce laws but they remained the law. An executive order does not repeal or veto a bill.
You know, there are publicity whores, huge publicity whores, and then there’s Bart Stupak.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2476086/posts
Boehner: “Pro-Life” Democrats Can’t Hide Behind an Executive Order
Rec’d via e-mail | Sunday, March 21, 2010 | John Boehner
Posted on Sunday, March 21, 2010 12:10:31 PM by kristinn
GOP Leader: “Make no mistake, a ‘yes’ vote on the Democrats’ health care bill is a vote for taxpayer-funded abortions.”
WASHINGTON, DC – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement on a potential Executive Order from the White House on abortion:
“The law of the land trumps any Executive Order, which can be reversed or altered at the stroke of a pen by this or any subsequent President without any congressional approval or notice. Moreover, while an Executive Order can direct members of the executive branch, it cannot direct the private sector.
“Because of Roe v. Wade, courts have interpreted the decision as a statutory mandate that the government must provide federal funding for elective abortion in through federal programs. In other words, no Executive Order or regulation can override a statutory mandate unless Congress passes a law that prohibits federal funding from being used in this manner. Legal experts at the US Catholic Conference of Bishops, National Right to Life Committee, Americans United for Life, and Family Research Council have confirmed this view that if the Senate bill is signed into law, it is a statutory mandate for the new health plans to include federal funding of elective abortion. The need for an Executive Order is evidence that this is true, and Congressional Democrats know it. Make no mistake, a ‘yes’ vote on the Democrats’ health care bill is a vote for taxpayer-funded abortions.”
Not worth the toilet paper it’s printed on.
Stupak is a profoundly stupid man or he thinks the American people are.
Did Mr. Stupak note the use of the word AFTER the bill is passed. These people are idiots.
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Exactly. IF the Liberal Messiah signs such an EO, Planned Parenthood and NARAL will be in federal court in minutes. The Stupak Gang has been suckered.
one of the congressmen just said an exec order is not law
The Act requires private health insurers to offer abortion coverage. Nothing in the EO even pretends to address this.
Makes me wonder if Stupak wasn’t grandstanding to “impress” his pro-life constituents. He was never a NO vote.
Never trust a democrat. I thought LBJ’s great society was a disaster but this makes it look like a picnic.
That is also my understanding. An EO is a stand-alone.
And .. I was just listening to Mike Pence confirm it .. He said that an EO cannot alter or amend a STANDING LAW .. which the Hyde Amendment is.
So .. Stupak has been “punked” by the President!!
true
I guess they can always get around it with that.
What about the 40 pro choice dem women I heard about last night? They were set to bolt if a deal was made with Stupe, or so it was reported. They probably knew this EO was just a joke between friends.
You question an edict of The One? Based on what, the Constitution?
Obama won't care when this EO is ignored, his people will do the ignoring, or overturned.
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