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Oh those sneaky guys on the hill.

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Gaard

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Negotiators Add Abortion Clause to Spending Bill
WASHINGTON, Saturday, Nov. 20 - House and Senate negotiators have tucked a potentially far-reaching anti-abortion provision into a $388 billion must-pass spending bill, complicating plans for Congress to wrap up its business and adjourn for the year

The provision may be an early indication of the growing political muscle of social conservatives who provided crucial support for Republican candidates, including President Bush, in the election.

House officials said Saturday morning that the final details of the spending measure were worked out before midnight and that the bill was filed for the House vote on Saturday.

The abortion language would bar federal, state and local agencies from withholding taxpayer money from health care providers that refuse to provide or pay for abortions or refuse to offer abortion counseling or referrals. Current federal law, aimed at protecting Roman Catholic doctors, provides such "conscience protection'' to doctors who do not want to undergo abortion training. The new language would expand that protection to all health care providers, including hospitals, doctors, clinics and insurers.
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Whether or not you agree with the clause, you must admit this tactic, common though it may be, is dirty.
 
Cowardly comes to mind. If the issue has merit, it should stand on its' own as a Bill intended as such.

Perhaps the Dems should tack on an Impeach Bush provision in the next Must-Pass Bill? 😉
 
Originally posted by: Gaard
Negotiators Add Abortion Clause to Spending Bill
WASHINGTON, Saturday, Nov. 20 - House and Senate negotiators have tucked a potentially far-reaching anti-abortion provision into a $388 billion must-pass spending bill, complicating plans for Congress to wrap up its business and adjourn for the year

The provision may be an early indication of the growing political muscle of social conservatives who provided crucial support for Republican candidates, including President Bush, in the election.

House officials said Saturday morning that the final details of the spending measure were worked out before midnight and that the bill was filed for the House vote on Saturday.

The abortion language would bar federal, state and local agencies from withholding taxpayer money from health care providers that refuse to provide or pay for abortions or refuse to offer abortion counseling or referrals. Current federal law, aimed at protecting Roman Catholic doctors, provides such "conscience protection'' to doctors who do not want to undergo abortion training. The new language would expand that protection to all health care providers, including hospitals, doctors, clinics and insurers.
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Whether or not you agree with the clause, you must admit this tactic, common though it may be, is dirty.
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It's stupid. Politics at it's worst. Your system is flawed, as everybody else's.
 
They are practicing a form of politics that has nothing to do with Democracy.

Yet another example of the lack of accountability in politics and why it should exist. Whoever sponsored the bill should be immediately removed from office. Whomever drafted the bill should be removed from politics for life. Same with whomever passes it.
 
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