Senate Republicans filibuster bill to overturn Hobby Lobby

[Triana]

Source: TPM

SAHIL KAPUR – JULY 16, 2014, 2:35 PM EDT

Senate Republicans voted to block legislation on Wednesday to overturn the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby ruling and restore the legal right under Obamacare to cost-free contraceptive coverage for most female workers.

The procedural vote was 56 for, and 43 against, falling short of the needed 60 to defeat a filibuster. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) switched his vote to no at the end to reserve his right to bring up the bill again.

The bill, offered by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Mark Udall (D-CO), would narrow the Supreme Court's interpretation of the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act and forbid employer-based insurance plans from opting out of providing health services required by federal law. Democrats call it the "Not My Boss's Business Act."

The partisan divide in the Senate largely reflected the partisan divide in the Supreme Court, where 5 Republican-appointed justices ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby, while 4 Democratic-appointed justices ruled against the Oklahoma-based retain chain's request for an exemption to the law on religious grounds.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/republicans-filibuster-bill-to-overturn-hobby-lobby

[Triana]

2. That's what Dems are thinking probably.

They knew this wouldn't pass but it's a campaign issue - and a damn solid one. Now, if we can just get women to VOTE (too many don't!)

[freshwest]

30. It must be heard and women MUST vote this fall!

[AndyTiedye]

25. I Have Started Calling them RAPEuglicans

They even let Todd Aiken out again and he's spewing...
https://www.facebook.com/andytiedye/media_set?set=a.10150092178565938.274376.641340937&type=3

[alp227]

3. GOOD. They've put themselves on record as the Bass-ackwards Party. nt

[TygrBright]

4. Keep digging, boys. n/t

[Viva_Daddy]

5. This is why we must give POB a fillibuster proof Senate and retake the House.

[PoliticAverse]

6. Another casualty of Reid's desire to maintain the current filibuster rules. n/t

[QuestForSense]

9. +1

[geek tragedy]

10. wait, wut?

Reid needs 50 other Senators to agree to wipe out the filibuster.

And, it's not exactly established that it's a good idea to get rid of the filibuster (Rs could take over next Congress).

This vote accomplished just as much as a filibuster free vote would have--not like it would have gotten a vote in the House anyways.

[PoliticAverse]

26. Of course you are right that this was never going to pass the House anyway. n/t

[tabasco]

44. Pretty ridiculous example of.....

it's the Dem's fault!!!!

[n2doc]

7. Somebody needs to nail that so called 'moderate' Susan Collins on this

She isn't any different than Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, except she is smart enough to play the game and keep her statements bland.

[madamesilverspurs]

8. "Don't worry your pretty little head about it..."

“Don’t worry your pretty little head about it, we’ll let your boss make your health care decisions for you!” Thus Republicans continue to dismiss women’s abilities to engage in critical thinking. No woman anywhere deserves to be treated with such medieval condescension, not even those women who still vote for Republicans.


Damned glad that Mark Udall is my Senator. This November is going to be intense.

[Bettie]

11. Was there any doubt that this would happen?

It is what they do.

[Trillo]

12. Someone should make a racy Anti-GOP advertisement,

one showing their limpness, as a visual for sexually impotent and repressed. Maybe big pharma and Viagra would fund it.

[davidpdx]

29. Good idea

My advice is find someone on DU that is creative and do it as a project, then post it on Youtube. If it goes viral it is worth much more than paid advertising.

[sinkingfeeling]

13. Well, isn't that a surprise.

[theHandpuppet]

14. Disgusting but not shocking, unfortunately

We all know that Repiglicans wouldn't give a rat's ass for women's rights. Wait til November, boys. Some of you will be sent packing.

[onehandle]

15. GOP HATES WOMEN

Taking a page from the Westboro loons...

[IMG][/IMG]

[Triana]

16. Or....

they just don't consider them human.

[theHandpuppet]

17. New Slogan for Women's Votes

We will REMEMBER
in NOVEMBER!

[ReRe]

22. That's a great one! n/t

[lovemydog]

42. The Midterm Elections - They're Not About Erections!

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[geardaddy]

33. +1

[LoisB]

41. and children, and people of all colors except white, and poor people no matter the

skin color, and people who speak languages other than English, and Native Americans, and LGBT people, and people who know things, and ... did I miss anyone? Oops.

[lovemydog]

43. That's a good one!

Sadly, it's true.

[rickyhall]

18. Oh, what a surprise - NOT!

[Cha]

19. Of course they did.

[blkmusclmachine]

20. NO surprises here. The Republican War On Women continues without pause.

Thanks, Hobby Lobby!

[msongs]

21. white christian republicans' war on women nt

[ReRe]

23. Yes, they knew what would happen...

... that's why they did it. Not all for naught, though. They'll just shelf it until the day when they CAN get it through. Then all they have to do is change some names and dates and whip it out for passage. Hopefully after this November! GOTV!

[tclambert]

24. I am shocked, shocked

that they would put corporate rights above human rights.


(No, sadly, I am not.)

[sheshe2]

27. Sadly it's unsurprising.

[Stuart G]

28. k and r

[Uncle Joe]

31. The Republicans; talking down to women since Noah rode a dinosaur,

the flood is coming ass-wipes.

Thanks for the thread, Triana.

[geardaddy]

32. Of course they do.

scum.

[EEO]

34. Republicans: Stepping on that Bear Trap in the Middle of the Room Since Forever.

[cascadiance]

35. Dems need to add a "corporate religious actions such as forcing Shariah Law on employees"

to the language of the bill, to see if Republicans would go on record with their tea party supporters looking on for supporting that corporations have the right to force shariah law on their employees. That might be dangerous for them to try and stop such a bill, especially in states like Oklahoma that tried to amend their constitution to explicitly forbid shariah law being practiced here!

[perdita9]

36. Thanks, Republicans! You've given us another reason to turn out the women's vote this November

I've already called Senator Pat Toomey about voting to discriminate against women. Strangely, his staff didn't seem interested in defending it.

[joanbarnes]

37. Contraception far less expensive to cover than pregnancy, insurers prefer it.......

'Fiscally responsible' GOP'ers ignore this factual elephant in every room...

[lark]

38. Pound this home

Bring it up for a vote again and agaiin, along with votes to overturn Citizen United, increase the transportation fund and fuel job growth, cut the tax benefits for companies that move jobs overseas and institute a penalty for that, end the carried interest exemption, make all corporations pay at least sa minimum tax. These are all favorites of most Americans and will prove to be good tools for running against the traitorous Repugs.

[jmowreader]

39. Please post Republican filibusters in GD not LBN

It's not "news" when the GOP filibusters anything, because the reality is the GOP filibusters everything.

[Heather MC]

40. I hate these people, And I really hate that my tax dollars will be paying these useless assholes

For life