“While that’s a clear majority of the House, Republicans called up the bill under a suspension of House rules, which limits debate and requires a two-thirds majority vote to pass. In this case, it would have required more support from Democrats. “
WHY did they DO this???
Another Bonehead move by Boehner??
This isn’t about stopping abortion. It was all political theater so the GOP could claim the Democrats are waging a war against women.
No, it was shrewd politicking. Had the bill been brought up in the usual way, the Dems could have kept it from reaching the floor for a vote. By bringing it up this way, they forced a lot of Dems to vote against it, which will give their Republican opponents an issue to run on in November.
This forced libs to vote on something they did not want to vote on.