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Published: 11/10/09

Abortion Rights Backers Threaten Primaries, 'No' Votes on Health

By  Jill Lawrence - Politics Daily
Abortion Rights Backers Threaten Primaries, 'No' Votes on Health

There's nothing like a painful, unexpected defeat to focus the mind and, potentially, the money. For supporters of abortion rights, that moment arrived when the House added to its historic health bill an amendment that would limit abortion coverage and those who can buy it. Anger, frustration and threats are in the air. It's too early to say whether the abortion rights lobby is a sleeping giant, but it is definitely, some would say finally, awake. Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL ProChoice America, was in a fighting mood in an interview on Monday. "There's elections coming up in 2010. We will ...

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Published: 07/21/09

Rep. Joe Barton: All of My Dates Practiced Abstinence

By  Patricia Murphy - Politics Daily
Rep. Joe Barton:  All of My Dates Practiced Abstinence

It hasn't taken long for Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) to endear himself to the Capitolist based solely on his willingness to say things most members of Congress would deem too saucy.Last week, as his Energy and Commerce Committee gavelled into session to debate the House's health care reform bill, Barton declared the Republicans to be "locked, cocked and ready to rock." Late Monday night, the same committee debated the same bill, leaving members exhausted and punch drunk from their long hours of together time.As the committee debated an amendment to bring down teen pregnancy rates, Barton ...

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