Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRepublicon laughing point (s) of the day ....
House Republicans Revive The Contraception WarsTheyre back!
This springs political contretemps over access to contraception are returning to Capitol Hill and this time Republicans are trying to tie the issue to must-pass legislation, foreshadowing a possible government shutdown standoff unless conservatives back down and temporarily agree to set aside earlier grievances.
House Republicans renewed their effort Wednesday by advancing a measure through the Labor-HHS appropriations subcommittee with a rider to roll back President Obamas contraception mandate. Authorized by the Affordable Care Act, the rule requires employer-provided health insurance plans to cover contraception without co-pays, with carve-outs for churches and religious non-profits. Republicans on the panel defeated a Democratic amendment to strip the provision, suggesting theyre willing to pick the fight.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/07/house-gop-contraception-birth-control.php?ref=fpblg
=========================================================
Rush Limbaugh: The Dark Knight Rises/Bane slam got more backlash than anything else on his show
Consevative radio host Rush Limbaugh says he never claimed Bane was created in 1993 as a dig against Mitt Romney's ties to Bain - and says Batman is a conservative hero
Holy backlash, Batman!
One day after slamming "The Dark Knight Rises" for featuring a villain named Bane, which he said benefits the Obama campaign because of its similarity to Mitt Romney's venture capital firm, Bain, Rush Limbaugh backtracked - slightly - from his earlier comments.
Comic book fans eagerly awaiting the final installment of director Chris Nolan's Batman trilogy, which opens Friday, however, turned out to be worse whiners than his usual liberal critics.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/rush-limbaugh-dark-knight-rises-bane-slam-backlash-show-article-1.1117266
========================================================
Top Obamacare Critic's Op-Eds Drafted by PR Firm That Reps Drug, Health Care Clients
Last Tuesday, a week after the Supreme Court's ruling upholding Obamacare, Sally Pipes appeared before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to enumerate the evils of the law. The president of the Pacific Research Institute, a San Francisco-based freemarket think tank, Pipes warned members of Congress that if they didn't act quickly Americans would soon suffer the rationed care and long waits supposedly plaguing her native Canada. The country's health care system, she insisted, had killed her mother by refusing to test her for colon cancer, which she later died from.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/sally-pipes-pacific-research-institute-keybridge-communications
=========================================================
Rick Perry Accuses Attorney General Holder Of Intentionally Inciting Racial Tensions
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) believes that US Attorney General Eric Holder purposefully made remarks meant to incite racial tensions by talking about voter identification efforts at the NAACP.
In a statement released Tuesday, Perry calls on President Obama to apologize for Holders speech at the NAACP, during which he said that voter identification laws amounted to a poll tax:
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/07/19/546551/perry-holder-racial-tensions/
========================================================
"They are gonna fire the coach"
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thank you lord, I can go fishin much earlier .....
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
0 replies, 1031 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (4)
ReplyReply to this post