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Musicmystery -> RE: Republican women doing the right thing. (1/31/2015 9:03:32 AM)
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Nothing on the topic at all??????
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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic
In the war against women, they are fighting back
YAY kudos to them
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/house-gop-abortion-rape-meltdown
Inside The GOP Meltdown On Abortion And Rape
Tens of thousands of Americans descended on Washington for the annual March For Life on Thursday only to see House Republicans melt down over their signature issue: abortion.
A symbolic messaging bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy threw the party into disarray and was abruptly pulled at the last minute after a group of GOP women and swing-district lawmakers raised hackles over a rape-exception provision that required victims of sexual assault to report the crime to authorities before they could get an abortion.
"None of us saw it coming," Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) told reporters on Thursday.
The rebellion was lit in recent days by women in the conference, primarily Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC), as well as more centrist members including a sizable faction of freshmen in swing districts. Republican leaders and conservatives were blindsided — after all, they had comfortably passed similar legislation in the last Congress with the same rape clause.
"I was surprised," Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) told TPM. "But it's a new Congress. You know, new people are up here. And I know some of the younger members didn't want to have such a strong statement on that."
A perplexed Hudson added, "We voted on the same legislation last [congress] and these concerns weren't raised. So that's why I think leadership didn't anticipate the concerns being raised. So that's why I don't fault them. I think they're doing the best they can."
Center-right Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) strongly criticized the abortion bill, suggesting that it passed with the rape clause in 2013 only because most members hadn't read it closely.
"The less we engage on this issue [of rape] legislatively, the better off we are as a party," he said. "What kind of message are we sending?"
In the end, Republican leaders pulled the bill and took a bullet for their objecting members, who were facing the wrath of anti-abortion advocates. Opponents admitted it likely would have passed despite their objections, but the drama over the rape clause would have put moderates in a bind and threatened to damage the party's brand.
"I would prefer that our party spend less time focusing on these very contentious social issues because that distracts us from broader economic messages," Dent said. "This was a messaging bill that was going nowhere in the Senate."
Reality is, Mr. Meta-Troll, that sooner or later, the joke that the Republican party has become can't last. Whether this is the beginning, or whether it comes later, membership will start to wake up and take control, bit by bit, issue by issue.
I'd love to see a vibrant by not insane Republican party, the pre-Reagan sensible voice of balance and foreign policy and fiscal responsibility.
But current leadership can't do it. It will have to change.
Now...do you have anything to contribute beyond following me around so your butt can get kicked yet again?
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Nice try at crawling partially out of your standard trollish insanity, even if it is just for show. Lets see more of that, if you are capable
And STILL nothing on the topic from you.
How do you even take yourself seriously?
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