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SarahJaffe wrote a new diary post: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Marcy Kaptur?
Let me explain the cutesy title. See, 16 Democrats voted to pass HR3 through the house. 16 Democrats voted to ban all federal funding for abortion, to sneakily redefine rape (yes, still) and to essentially slowly strangle private insurance funding for abortion as well. 10 of them co-sponsored the bill. We know about them already. The other six, well, [...]
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SarahJaffe wrote a new diary post: No, It’s Not About “Defunding Democrats”
Most recently, of course, a third target has appeared front and center in the battle to defund the left: public-sector unions, the only sector of organized labor still thriving. New Jersey governor and presidential almost-hopeful Chris Christie was one of the first to gain notoriety for taking them on, but by February, the spotlight had turned [...]
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SarahJaffe wrote a new diary post: Meet the HR3 Ten: Joe Donnelly
Ten Democrats cosponsored H.R.3, even with language redefining rape; four of those ten also apparently don’t care if pregnant women die. Sarah Jaffe takes a closer look at all ten, find all posted to date here.
In the run-up to the 2010 election, Melinda Henneberger at Politics Daily wrote of Joe Donnelly:
Democratic incumbent Rep. Joe Donnelly and his [...]
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SarahJaffe wrote a new diary post: Meet the HR3 Ten: Mark Critz
Ten Democrats cosponsored H.R.3, even with language redefining rape; four of those ten also apparently don’t care if pregnant women die. Sarah Jaffe takes a closer look at all ten, find all posted to date here. Originally posted at RH Reality Check.
Meet Mark Critz. He got a huge chunk of cash from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee [...]
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SarahJaffe wrote a new diary post: Meet the HR3 Ten: Heath Shuler
So! H.R.3 supposedly won’t redefine rape anymore, but the fight’s just getting started. We learned last week that the new Congress followed H.R. 3 with H.R. 358, the Protect Life Act, which would redefine “conscience” clauses to allow pregnant women to die if saving them would require harming the fetus. And the thing is, the DCCC and other [...]
