Republicans want vote on abortion bill

[deadparrot]

WASHINGTON - While they still can, House Republicans are looking at scheduling a vote next week on a fetal pain abortion bill in a parting shot at incoming majority Democrats and a last bid for loyalty from the GOP's base of social conservatives.

The measure is tentatively on House GOP leaders' list of bills to be considered in a lame-duck session before Democrats assume control of Congress. It has no chance of passing the Senate during the waning days of Republican control. But, with Democrats ascending to agenda-setting roles, passage isn't the point, said one conservative leader.

"Next year, the leadership of the House will be hardcore pro-abortion loyalists," said Douglas Johnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee. "They will block votes on even modest pro-life measures like this one."

The vote would be the first on the measure, which was introduced in September and referred to a health subcommittee, where no action on it was taken. Johnson said his group wants a House vote to test support for the measure.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061130/ap_on_go_co/republicans_abortion

[librechik]

1. one last appeal to the rabid Xtian right before they go down the drain

into history, And good riddance!

[raysr]

3. It's going to take a long

time, I fear, to drive them back under the rock from which they crawled, they even have their own Linux OS now! See http://angrykeyboarder.wordpress.com/2006/08/19/christian-ubuntu-my-02/

[blm]

2. "passage isn't the point" because it never HAS been the point for Republicans who use

abortion cynically for votes and demagoguery, not sincere concern.

[Dob Bole]

4. That's the point. If abortions suddenly stopped ever happening...

Republicans would start losing a lot more elections. It's their only winning issue among poor Americans.

[mac56]

13. Exactly.

They've controlled all three branches of government for at least four years, for chrissake. If they were going to get rid of abortion, don't you think they would have done so by now?!

They have no intention of doing so.

It's too valuable as a wedge issue, and as red meat for their followers.

[Renew Deal]

5. Another example of why the republicans lost big.

Losers!

[Megahurtz]

6. Fuck Off Pukes!

:grr:

[Greybnk48]

7. What Megahurtz said. n/t

[Odin2005]

8. Sorry Fundies, peolpe are caring more about the economy then culture war posturing BS.

The TheoCons can't get to grips with the fact that people are getting sick of the culture wars.

[JudyM]

9. So with everything happening now with Iran, etc, this is more important.

Lovely. :sarcasm:

[trogdor]

10. Not to mention the half-trillion dollars in spending bills...

...chock full of pork that they can't get passed, yet will be "must pass" items the second the new Congress sits down. It has been noted that the Democrats did NOT leave Newt Gingrich a messy desk when the Republicans took control.

[JudyM]

11. Yes. Republican integrity is so clearly an oxymoron. n/t

[w4rma]

12. "passage isn't the point, said one conservative leader." Exactly. If they wanted to pass it, they

could have passed it six years ago. This is just more BS to con their idiot followers into voting against their economic interests.