AP: House GOP to Vote on 'Fetal Pain' Bill

[Eugene]

House GOP to Vote on 'Fetal Pain' Bill

Wednesday December 6, 2006 12:01 PM

BY LAURIE KELLMAN

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The last days of Republican congressional rule are shaping
up to be symbolic and brief, with GOP leaders hawking an abortion restriction
with no chance of becoming law, loading up tax breaks with unrelated matters
and dumping an unfinished budget on Democrats.

"It's appropriate that the do-nothing Congress is ending by doing nothing,"
said Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., the next House majority leader.

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But those same rules did not hold House GOP leaders back from setting a vote
Wednesday on a bill to limit fetal pain during late-term abortions, a measure
GOP leaders shied away from offering before the November midterm elections
and which stands no chance of passing the Senate even under GOP control.

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Bringing up the bill is a final jab at Democrats who have professed to favor
informed consent laws, according to the measure's sponsors. Smith also said
its very floor debate, short though it would be under special rules, has
educational value to anyone who might hear it.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6261759,00.html

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Correct me if I'm wrong,

but isn't determining if fetuses sense pain a medical decision based on scientific research rather than a legislative decision based on pandering to the base?

[niceypoo]

2. Its like the Schaivo case

Next Frist will look at an Ultrasound and verify the congressional"findings."

[C_U_L8R]

3. They're gonna vote on Mary Cheney ???

oh what silly silly stupid people

[gratuitous]

4. They truly have nothing better to do

Might as well swing the shitty end of the stick one last time before they start getting smacked over the head with it. Then all the House Republicans can whine in harmony about how mean those old Democrats are, and how they never have hearings on what the Republicans want to legislate on, and so on and so forth.

The media, naturally, will cover it all in extensive detail and totally forget the depradations of the last 12 years in the House.

[KKKarl is an idiot]

5. The "do nothing congress"

will be meeting to pass absolutely no law. Lets look at their great accomplishments of the past year. Flag burning: Failed to pass. Defining marriage as "one man & one women": Failed to pass.

So what does that tell you republicans. It is time to take a new course. Lets forget about abortions, gays, flag burnings & brain dead people.

Lets give them more money in their pockets by increasing the minimum wage. Lets bring this huge national debt down by showing fiscal responsibility. Lets take away these tax cuts for the rich who just use it in Europe for an extra vacation. Lets support marriage for all those who love each other & want to have a public showing of their love. Lets support those who choose to have an abortion because we know that the fetus cannot survive outside the mother's womb & therefore it is her own right to decided what she wants done with her body. Lets support single mothers who would like to have their baby but can't afford it & has to choose abortion instead.Lets support those that have families they cannot support, due to many circumstances, by providing for their needs. Lets support plans to introduce alternative fuels so that we will not be so dependant on fossil fuels that are quickly running out. In other words lets support what Americans need & want. Stop telling Americans what you feel is right for them.