The following video tells you all you need to know about the quality of the Senate “leadership” under the Democrats. If Baucus is sober during this semi-coherent diatribe, I’m Marie of Romania.
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NELSON’S DEAL ALLOWS ABORTION FUNDING
Were Ben Nelson’s objections to the Reid “reform” legislation just an elaborate charade? Yep. If you find it hard to believe that anyone could be that dishonest, your doubts will be killed by the fact that the bill still provides funding for abortions:
The new Reid language that Senator Nelson now finds acceptable would allow federal subsidies to flow to plans that cover elective abortions […]
WHAT BEN NELSON GOT FOR HIS PERFIDY
As many of us suspected, Senator Ben Nelson was not holding out on the Senate “reform” bill because of any real scruple he has on abortion (or anything else). Like any roundheel, he was just negotiating price. Turns out that (part of) the payoff involved extra Medicaid funds for his state:
Under the current merged legislation (the version […]
NELSON BARKS AGAIN ON ABORTION … YAWN
It looks like Senator Ben nelson has started barking again on the abortion feature of the Senate health reform bill:
In an interview Thursday with a Nebraska radio station, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) said new compromise language on abortion funding is unacceptable.
As usual, however, he’s not coming completely out from beneath the porch:
‘As it is right […]
BEN NELSON: ALL BARK, NO BITE ON ABORTION
I’ve always been skeptical about Blue Dog opposition to Obamacare. I believe that, like most “moderate” Democrats, they just want to see which way the wind is blowing before coming out from beneath the porch.
So, I yawned when Ben Nelson threatened to filibuster the Senate “reform” bill if it funded abortions. He claimed he’d kill the bill […]
