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They'll never allow a PAB ban to come to a vote in the Dem senate.

Why? Because, with the help of the Pubbies, they've got a "veto-proof" majority or what?

It is interesting how often we see this excuse (i.e. some piece of pro-life legislation can't be passed because the Dems control the Senate.)

And yet, pro-death legislation (like the welfare for international baby-killer bill we are discussing here)has no problem zipping through the GOP House and the Dem Senate and being signed by a GOP President.

I really don't care if the Republicans pass a single piece of pro-life legislation in the next three years. It would be enough of an accomplishment if the GOP simply blocked every single piece of pro-death legislation from being passed. With the GOP House and a GOP President who claims to be pro-life, this could be done quite easily by vetoing any bill that gives tax dollars to an organization that performs abortions or refers women for abortions. (Forget about these stupid bills that can be circumvented by any night school accountant.)

Kicking the Culture of Death off of welfare and stripping it of at least a billion dollars of taxpayers' money would save far more lives than a meaningless ban on Partial Birth Abortions. Not only would it save far more lives, it would also significantly weaken the Abortion Industry so that additional pro-life legislation could be passed.

But sadly, I expect symbolism, and not substance, from these guys.

It's not that they have a veto-proof majority. They never have to let it see the light of day. The dems who voted for it last time around did so under pressure, because they know that defending PBA is a loser politically. So, being forced to vote, they voted for.

But if they can avoid even bringing it up for a vote, you're going to have at least 40 senators, including some pubbies, who will prevent it from coming to the floor of the senate, and thus prevent having to put their names on the record in opposition.