The Sneaky Abortion Deception in Senator Reid’s “Manager’s Amendment”

By: AndrewHyman (Diary)  |  December 19th at 11:08 PM  | 

When I first read about Senator Harry Reid’s “manager’s amendment” that he persuaded Senator Nelson to endorse today, I commented that it didn’t seem so bad.  However, I have now more thoroughly examined the actual text of the manager’s amendment, and it looks to me like Senator Nelson has been tricked. At page 40 of the manager’s amendment, subsection 1303(b)(2)(A) says: (A) IN GENERAL.— If a qualified health | Read More »

Kudos to Senators Lieberman and Nelson

By: AndrewHyman (Diary)  |  December 16th at 09:28 PM  | 

I telephoned Senator Lieberman’s office today, and urged him to hang tough on health care, and to also support Senator Ben Nelson’s protest against taxpayer subsidies for abortion.  As a Connecticut resident, I urge my neighbors in this state to do likewise, and the same goes for anyone else who can afford the phone call. Doubtless there are many things that can be done to improve health care | Read More »