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Pence casts deciding vote in effort to roll back Obama-era abortion rules
The Boston Globe ^ | March 30, 2017 | Jennifer Steinhauer, The New York Times

Posted on 03/30/2017 4:59:53 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Senate Republicans, aided by Vice President Mike Pence and an ailing Georgia colleague who hobbled into the Senate chamber on a walker, voted Thursday to proceed with a measure to undo an Obama administration rule preventing states from blocking funding for family planning clinics that also provide abortions.

The vote was one of a string of showdowns to reverse Obama-era regulations, but this one unfolded with all the drama of numerous past conflicts over abortion funding — with Pence casting the deciding vote in his role as president of the Senate....

(Excerpt) Read more at bostonglobe.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: abortion; obama; pence; trump
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1 posted on 03/30/2017 4:59:53 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

DESTROY MOLOCH!


2 posted on 03/30/2017 5:01:37 PM PDT by frogjerk (We are conservatives. Not libertarians, not "fiscal conservatives", not moderates)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
A win is a win 🎉
3 posted on 03/30/2017 5:03:18 PM PDT by proust (Trump / Pence 2016!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Seems Li’l Jennie does not respect the unborn OR the elderly! Did anyone ever describe KKK Byrd or the Chappaquiddick Swimming Champion as ailing or infirm? One day, honeybunch, YOU may very well need a walker to get around, so choose your words carefully!!!


4 posted on 03/30/2017 5:06:58 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted against the measure, which is why he had to cast the tie breaker.


5 posted on 03/30/2017 5:07:02 PM PDT by Gideon7 (sarc)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The “New York liberal” strikes again. LOL.


6 posted on 03/30/2017 5:08:57 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: Gideon7
Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted against the measure

Yeah, they're baby-killing filth.

7 posted on 03/30/2017 5:13:59 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (The fear of stark justice sends hot urine down their thighs.)
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To: Frank_2001

Exactly.


8 posted on 03/30/2017 5:15:22 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (****happy dance**** BIGLY!!!! Shadilay!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The first positive move in a long time.

Thank God for a step in the right direction.


9 posted on 03/30/2017 5:34:10 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Gideon7

Accomplices to murder, IMHO.


10 posted on 03/30/2017 5:48:42 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted against the measure Yeah, they're baby-killing filth.

Matthew 18:6 J.B. Phillips New Testament

But if anyone leads astray one of these little children who believe in me he would be better off thrown into the depths of the sea with a mill-stone hung round his neck!

Hebrews 10:31 (KJV)

31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. But...

Hebrews 7:25

This means that he can save fully and completely those who approach God through him, for he is always living to intercede on their behalf.

Note to Senators Collins & Murkowski: Repentance works every time it is tried!

11 posted on 03/30/2017 5:54:21 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Fabulous when you absolutely know your vote made a YUGE difference!!!


12 posted on 03/30/2017 5:55:00 PM PDT by onyx (Donate Monthly ~ Join 300 Club!)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

“Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted against the measure”

I despise Murkowski. She was defeated in the 2010 primary and had the audacity to run 3rd party write-in with collusion of the Democrat.

I guess she owed it to her father. She is a legacy and one of the reasons the Republican party is a fraud.


13 posted on 03/30/2017 6:08:06 PM PDT by map
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The vote remained open for more than an hour, as aides scrambled to find Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., who has been away after two back operations, and to summon the vice president. Isakson, who had been cleared by doctors to travel for a single day, came slowly into the chamber on his walker, flanked by Senate pages, to turn his thumb to the sky with an “aye,” making the vote a tie.

God bless Johnny Isakson.

14 posted on 03/30/2017 6:10:51 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

good! but Pence should not have had to vote to get this through. some RINOs must have gone AWOL.


15 posted on 03/30/2017 6:30:35 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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To: NobleFree

When Isaackson announced for re-election many people speculated he would not make it 6 years...maybe not 2 years.

Will Gov Deal arrange to be appointed to a vacancy? Or will one of the contenders for Governor to replace Deal be part of a “Deal”? Senate for you, Governor for me! and ice out the 3rd and 4th contenders from a move up the ladder?


16 posted on 03/30/2017 6:45:14 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: map

She won the Alaska contest because the Republican candidate was incompetent. Blame him.


17 posted on 03/30/2017 6:46:42 PM PDT by Dave W
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To: Dave W

“She won the Alaska contest because the Republican candidate was incompetent. Blame him.”
Murkowski is a disgusting low life who was entitled to the position. Her father owned the job and bequeathed it to her. She is a princess.

She lost the primary to a principled conservative and had the audacity to run a write-in campaign. The democrat deferred to her.

Now she is a proponent of Planned Parenthood, and will vote against any bill that defunds it. She is a despicable example of the Republican legacy establishment. And she’s dumb as a box of rocks.


18 posted on 03/30/2017 7:11:18 PM PDT by map
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To: Coleus; nickcarraway; narses; Mr. Silverback; Canticle_of_Deborah; TenthAmendmentChampion; ...

Pro-Life PING

Please FreepMail me if you want on or off my Pro-Life Ping List.

19 posted on 03/30/2017 7:25:08 PM PDT by cpforlife.org ( President Trump, Make Government Constitutional Again! MGCA 2 MAGA!)
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To: onyx

ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES! YES!!!!


20 posted on 03/30/2017 7:36:32 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("God bless the child that's got his own." -- Billie Holiday)
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