Posted on 12/10/2014 11:18:25 AM PST by roses of sharon
House Republicans blocked a legislative rider that would have protected churches in California from being forced to pay for abortions, according to one lawmaker, because they needed Democratic support to pass the CRomnibus.
Representative John Fleming (R., Ariz.) tried to have the Abortion Non-Discrimination Act added to the CRomnibus because in response to a new regulation in California that requires all insurance plans to cover elective abortions.
“Even our own leadership stripped it out,” Fleming told reporters Wednesday. The rider didn’t make it through negotiations with Democrats in the House and Senate.
The federal government is supposed to revoke federal funding from state governments that “discriminat[es]” against those who refuse to provide abortion coverage, but President Obama’s administration has not enforced that provision of the law against California.
Fleming hoped Congress would “give a basis for private action” — that is, empower churches to file lawsuits against such rules.
Although Fleming acknowledged that the measure was a poison pill for Democrats, he said that was a reason for Republicans not to rush a bill through during the lame-duck that required Democratic support.
“It should be a foregone conclusion [next year],” he said.
D) Murder with malice
R) Murder with malice.
Yep, I see the difference.
Wait, what? But...but...I held my nose and voted R because...well, R is "better" than D!
Exactly. how could anyone not realize it’s OK when an R does it? I mean....WINNING!!!
Freaking purists....
It’ll pass on the next round, the next Congress.
Nice day we had....
Amnesty funded
Obamacare funded.
1,000% increase allowable for campaign contributions to ESTABLISHMENT Republicans
Nice day.
I should have voted for Romney.......he would have fixed everything....
Yup. A principled man like that would never settled for...I mean allowed any of this.
God if only I could take it all back. I’d have voted for the people that did this and none of this would have ever happened. But no. I stood my ground like an idiot and look at the result. Every bad thing they said would happen did.
Of course it was the GOP and not the Democrats that caused those things to happen but that’s just semantics. It’s really a secret plot and they are gonna nail the dems to the wall next week. There’s a dog shelter the Dems want and we can’t blow our political capital! we gotta keep our powder dry.
” Of course it was the GOP and not the Democrats that caused those things to happen but that’s just semantics.”
Yeah..we no need no steenkin semantics, men!
” gonna nail the dems to the wall next week”
You spee sponish?
” we gotta keep our powder dry.”
Feet to the fire!
Roses are red, violets are blue;
Obamacare’s funded, and now Amnesty too!
The preceding is a lament about the Repubs rolling over, even funding the transport of HUNDREDS of dying Ebola patients to the US to infect the rest of us.
Damn straight. No matter what!!!!
” Roses are red, violets are blue;
Obamacare’s funded, and now Amnesty too!”
A+
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