November 2009
6 posts
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Stupak-Pitts Passed / More Fight Brewing
Last week was an intense week on the Hill. There were protests-a-plenty. Lawmakers at odds. Demonstrators from both sides of the health care debate were arrested in Lieberman’s and Pelosi’s offices. So much of the tension, fear and angst came to a rolling boil in just the last 48 hours.
A long Saturday session in the House ended late last night with three pivotal votes.
The first was...
The Fighting Pro-Life Dems
After months and months of staunch debate and up to 14 amendments blocked to remove abortion from government-run health care there seems to be an interesting turn taking place. A pack of 40 pro-life Democrats are challenging Nancy Pelosi and their own party to ensure that there will be no taxpayer-funded abortion allowed in the Health Care Reform bill.
This is very interesting indeed.
Stupac and...