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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRomney wouldn’t back Blunt birth control measure
Mitt Romney said he would not vote for a Senate amendment to overturn the White Houses controversial contraception mandate, according to the Ohio News Network.
ONN correspondent Jim Heath reported on Twitter that Romney said he wouldnt vote for the amendment, sponsored by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), which is slated to come up for a vote Thursday.
Romney says the idea of presidential candidates getting into questions about contraception...I'm not going there, Heath tweeted.
Blunt has endorsed Romney and is a prominent surrogate for his presidential campaign.
http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/abortion/213431-report-romney-wouldnt-back-blunt-amendment-on-birth-control
Romney Camp Denies Candidate Opposed to Blunt Amendment
After conflicting reports over whether Mitt Romney told an Ohio TV reporter he opposed the Blunt amendment, which allows employers to deny health care coverage that conflicts with their conscience, the campaign clarified that Romney supports Sen. Roy Blunt's (R-MO) legislation.
Regarding the Blunt bill, the way the question was asked was confusing," a spokesman told TPM. "Governor Romney supports the Blunt Bill because he believes in a conscience exemption in health care for religious institutions and people of faith.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/romney-supports-blunt-amendment
Mitt Romney comes out against Blunt Amendment to repeal President Obama's birth control mandate
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/29/1069530/-Mitt-Romney-comes-out-against-Blunt-Amendment-to-repeal-President-Obama-s-birth-control-mandate?via=blog_1
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Along with the several hundred I already have.
chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)he will either sign into law or veto? He's Candidate Zero.
handmade34
(22,755 posts)Co-signer John Hoeven (R-ND) just on 'Hardball' defending the Amendment stated that it wasn't about birth control and that employees could just get a rider on their ins. policy... ??? when it boils down, isn't that sort of what President Obama kinda implied... only the insurance company would have to provide it w/o pay by the employee????
onehandle
(51,122 posts)karynnj
(59,474 posts)as you would want for a 5th term Senator. In his case, it was a Republican smear that has been used against nearly any Senator who ever ran.
What is different is Romney has never been a legislator, who had to vote yes or no - when his position was likely yes, but or no, but. In addition, bills with similar names can have massively different provisions. In some cases, it is true that nearly EVERY Senator can be said to have voted both yes and no on a set of votes.
Romney has changed his basic position. Where Kerry had a 100% record on women's rights, Romney has been against and for almost every aspect. Kerry also has 100% records on civil rights. He had a 96% live time League of Conservation Voters score in 2004 - the highest in the Senate. His foreign policy vision is recognizable in his far less mature view in his speech given as a Yale student in 1966. The fact is the Republicans argued that Kerry was the most liberal Senator - and a flip flopper. In fact, he could not possibly have been both.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)But even if it was true, I.O.K.W.A.R.D.I.
Old and In the Way
(37,540 posts)If he were honest, he'd say President Obama was correct in his handling of the issue...but that would be used against him in the primary. If he lies and says POTUS is wrong, he'll have it used against him in the GE. Sucks to be him.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)spanone
(135,632 posts)cal04
(41,505 posts)Updated 6:38pm
One day before a critical Senate vote that could loom large as a 2012 election issue, Mitt Romney came out for a congressional Republican measure designed to roll back the Obama administrations requirement that employer health plans cover birth control.
Governor Romney supports the Blunt Bill because he believes in a conscience exemption in health care for religious institutions and people of faith, Romney spokesperson Andrea Saul told TPM.
The Blunt amendment, which is scheduled for a Senate vote on Thursday, would permit employers to deny coverage of birth control or other services they deem morally objectionable.
Romneys position had been brought into doubt after tweets from a local TV station reporter suggested the candidate had objected to the proposed bill. The candidates campaign released a statement saying, Regarding the Blunt bill, the way the question was asked was confusing.
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/02/romney-comes-out-in-support-of-controversial-birth-control-bill.php?ref=fpa