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Shorter Orrin Hatch

Hatch says Alito showed ‘judicial restraint’

  • Justice Alito should be commended for not shouting “You lie!” at President Obama.

1/28/10 12:47 pm | Comments disabled. | Permalink | Tags: , , ,

Shorter Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)

Hatch: Healthcare reform bills threaten survival of two-party system

  • We must stop healthcare reform because it might work and then people will vote for Democrats.

11/2/09 12:59 pm | Comments disabled. | Permalink | Tags: , ,

GOPers Won’t Support Healthcare Reform Unless It Bans Abortion

No one could have predicted:

Hatch and his Republican colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee are pushing legislation that would require insurers operating within the new Exchange to to deny coverage for abortion services. From Raising Women’s Voices:

The Senate Finance Committee has been writing a health care reform bill and struggling to create legislation that will have bipartisan support. Chairman Max Baucus (pictured left) considered several compromises to win Republican support, so they can claim it is bipartisan legislation. One of these potential compromises comes in the form of an abortion exclusion, which would prevent abortion services from being covered by some or all insurance plans in the Health Insurance Exchange. We fear that members of the Senate Finance Committee are considering such a compromise.

Nineteen House members have also sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stating that they will not vote for health care reform legislation “unless it explicitly excludes abortion funding from the scope of any government-defined or subsidized health insurance plan.” “Furthermore, we want to ensure that the Health Benefits Advisory Committee cannot recommend abortion services be included under covered benefits or as part of a benefits package,” the members wrote.

Now the question becomes whether the Democrats will allow women’s health to be sacrificed on the sacred alter of bipartisanship. Especially now that they have 60 votes in the Senate, there is no excuse.

7/6/09 7:53 pm | Comments disabled. | Permalink | Tags: , , ,

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