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Erik Wasson
@elwasson
A key sticking point in the talks appears to be GOP demands to include Hyde amendment language in the bill to prevent federal funds from being used for abortion
11:01 AM · Mar 12, 2020
The GOP Senate is preventing passage of a COVID-19 emergency bill because they want to stuff it with abortion legislation? Am I reading this right?
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Are they kidding us with this? (Original Post)
blogslut
Mar 2020
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babylonsister
(171,065 posts)1. RE: Erik Wasson...
I report on Congress for Bloomberg News. Opinions are my own, RTs not endorsement. Send tips to ewasson at http://bloomberg.net
dhill926
(16,337 posts)2. if true...they are truly sick fucks....
sanctity of life and all...fuck every goddamn one of them...
uponit7771
(90,336 posts)3. K&R, HORROR ... MOVIE ... SHIT !!!
WyattKansas
(1,648 posts)4. Hmm... I guess pregnant women dying of the disease is better?
Do these imbeciles have at least one fucking intelligent gene in the DNA?
I think they actually would PREFER that women who seek abortions die. Their policies will all but guarantee it.
spanone
(135,831 posts)5. Unfuckingbelievable
defacto7
(13,485 posts)6. Kicking for disgust.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)7. WTF??????????????????????????????
crickets
(25,978 posts)9. Wow.
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)10. Nope, assholes to the very end of civilization.
They want their poor working too hard for peanuts worker pool, that is what this is about?
The lowers prop up the rich, haven't noticed how ridiculously they take advantage?
Then the rich people pass the bucks around among themselves in various ways and hide some of it?
Rinse repeat, middle and lower class people are doormats, nice go along doormats?
WOKE YET?