Posted on 02/26/2020 8:05:13 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The United States Senate failed to get the necessary 60 votes to advance two pro-life bills, one of which was aimed at banning abortions after 20 weeks into a pregnancy while another required medical care for babies that survive the procedure.
On a vote taken Tuesday, the Senate voted 56-41 on Senate Bill 311, known as the “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.”
Introduced by Republican Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska, S. 311 mandated that a healthcare practitioner must provide medical attention to a baby that survives an attempted abortion.
Also on Tuesday, the Senate voted 53-44 on Senate Bill 3275, also called the “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.”
Introduced by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, S. 3275 banned most abortions performed 20 weeks or later into a pregnancy.
Both measures failed to get the necessary three-fifths majority, with nearly all Democrats voting against both bills and nearly all Republicans voting in favor of both.
Notable exceptions included Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who voted in favor of both measures, and Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine, who voted against the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.
Also, Democratic Senator Doug Jones of Alabama voted in favor of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.
Pro-life groups like the Susan B. Anthony List denounced the results, arguing that the votes will have influence on the election.
“We believe this will provide President Trump and the pro-life Senate majority the margin of victory come November,” stated SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser.
“Given the popularity of these bills and the heavy political losses Democrats will continue to suffer by opposing them, it is only a matter of time until they become law.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York denounced both bills as “fake, dishonest, and extreme legislation that has nothing to do with improving the lives of ordinary Americans.”
“I say fake because these bills pretend as if we don’t already have laws on the book that protect infants. Additional legislation is completely unnecessary and irrational,” stated Sen. Schumer on the Senate floor on Tuesday.
“These bills are not intended to fix real problems faced by real Americans; they are intended to provoke fear and misunderstanding about a very difficult issue so Republicans can score political points with their far-right base.”
Prominent evangelical leader Russell Moore, who heads the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, argued that the measures are "basic and common-sense bills that would protect human life.” He called the Senate vote a "national scandal."
DIMs/leftists want to murder all children. Anyone voting for them wants to do the same.
Democrats: The Party of Death
Would have zero chance of passing the House even if the Senare had passed them.
And yet there are “Christian” rats in the electorate and in power. THAT is another abomination!
The United States Senate failed to get the necessary 60 votes.
aka the pay off worked.
Why 60 votes and not a simple majority? Couldn’t Mitch invoke the nuclear option?
No surprise; the Democrat party Prime Directive since the 1970s has been KILL THE BABY.
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument
The delegates to the Constitutional Convention and the authors of the ill-conceived, Progressive Movement 17th Amendment guaranteed each senator one vote.
"Article I, Section 3, Clause 1: The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, (See Note 3) for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote [emphasis added]."
Excerpted from 17th Amendment: "The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote [emphasis added]. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures."
The constitutionally indefensible (imo) Senate 60-vote supermajority rule gives RINOs a place to hide imo.
Remember in November!
MAGA, now KAGA! (Keep America Great Always!)
Supporting PDJT with a new patriot Congress that will promise to fully support his already excellent work for MAGA will effectively give fast-working Trump a third term in office imo.
Even Collins and Murkowski voted for the “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.”
But only 3 rats did.
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