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Vote to Repeal ObamaCare
Imminent Part One of Three By Dave Andrusko Good evening and thanks for joining the discussion. Part Two is the wonderful story about the upcoming First Louisiana Life March. Part Three documents PPFA's insatiable appetite for more abortions and more money. Over at National Right to Life News Today (www.nationalrighttolifenews.org), tracks another attempt to ignore important safeguards on the use of RU-486. Pro-abortion North Dakota Senator Kent Conrad announced today that he will not seek re-election in 2012. Finally, Paul Stark tells us "What science tells us about the unborn." Please send your comments on Today's News & Views and National Right to Life News Today todaveandrusko@gmail.com. If you like, join those who are following me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/daveha.
As the House of Representatives prepares for Wednesday's vote to repeal ObamaCare, Rasmussen reports that voters now trust Republicans more on health care "by a 52% to 38% margin." In fact, when it comes to trust, the GOP enjoys a majority on all ten of the most important issues Rasmussen Report surveys. That is an important backdrop to a process that is just beginning. Everyone understands that tomorrow's vote is a post-election first-step, not the last step, in repealing and replacing ObamaCare (known formally as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act). But as many have pointed out, H.R. 2 is an important symbolic and substantive move. The bill to repeal is a major priority for NRLC, and was included in the pre-election "Pledge to America," an outline of priorities released by the House Republican leadership. Given the obstacles--the need to garner 60 votes in a Democratically-controlled Senate and a President who doubtless would use his veto pen if a repeal measure reached his desk--once H.R. 2 passes, Republican leaders have indicated that they will follow with a series of narrower legislative attacks on specific components of the health care law. From the pro-life perspective, those include the "Protect Life Act," which will soon be reintroduced by pro-life Rep. Joe Pitts (R-Pa.). This bill, which is backed by NRLC and other pro-life groups, would prohibit pro-abortion subsidies and mandates in every component of the massive 2010 health care law. In content, it is very similar to the "Stupak-Pitts Amendment" which NRLC pushed during the 2009-2010 debate over health care legislation – an amendment that ultimately was blocked by opposition from President Obama and the congressional Democratic leadership. In addition to the Pitts bill, there is also a complementary, broader reform bill being advanced by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ). Smith's bill, the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act," would establish a permanent, government-wide ban on federal subsidies for abortion, with narrow exceptions. The bill would supersede a patchwork of different laws limiting federal subsidies for abortion, many of which must be renewed each year because they are incorporated into annual appropriations bills. |
