-
SEQUESTER: The Horror!
March 1, 2013 | 4 comments
-
SOTU Preview: Human Props, Budget Fights, and Wedge Issues
February 12, 2013 | 0 comments
-
Hello, I Must Be Going
August 14, 2012 | 18 comments
-
Weekend Political Wrap-Up, Paul Ryan Edition
August 12, 2012 | 16 comments
-
Esquire Blogger Sees Paul Ryan, Shreds His Safety Net
August 11, 2012 | 13 comments
The Spectacle Blog
On a mostly party-line vote, the Senate rejected Sen. Roy Blunt’s (R-MO) amendment to exempt religious employers from covering services that contradict their teachings. Retiring Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine is the only Republican who voted against the measure. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, and Joe Manchin of West Virginia joined Ben Nelson of Nebraska, an original co-sponsor, as the Democrats who voted for it.
The media coverage of the Blunt amendment certainly didn’t help. Politico describes it as “an amendment to allow employers to cover health services.” The Christian Science Monitor reported it brought the culture wars to the Senate, even though it is actually in response to a mandate imposed by the Obama administration’s HHS.
View all comments (17) | Leave a comment
More Blog Posts by W. James Antle, III
http://spectator.org/blog/2012/03/01/senate-defeats-blunt-amendment
Follow us:
ADVERTISEMENT
Current Issue
- Hannah and Her Friends
- What’s in a Name?
- The Demise of Money and Credit
SPONSORED LINKS
FLASHBACK TO: 1995
-
Pope Culture
A man of faith in a godless age is hitting Americans where it hurts.
-
Why the GOP Does Not, Like, Totally Suck
Mr. and Mrs. American Spectator Reader, let P.J. O’Rourke talk sense to your kids.
-
Dames at Sea
-
In the Absence of Guns
In Britain, defending your property can get you life.
-
The Metaphysical Martini
-
Counting the Costs of Clintonism
The debacle of this president’s administration is both a cause and a symptom of the decline of American values. Unless Congress impeaches him, that decline will go on unchecked. An eminent jurist surveys the damage and assesses the chances for the recovery of our culture.
-
Chuck McHagel
It won’t take long for conservatives to scratch this presidential wannabe off their 2008 scorecard.
-
The Legacy of Old John and Mother Fresh-Roasted
-
It’s the Best Time of the Year
The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it, makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so many people seem to be hostile to it?
-
The Bush Crack-Up
Was the President done in by the economy, or by the politics of the economy?
Clip of the Day
H/T to National Review Online
ADVERTISEMENT
Al Adab| 3.1.12 @ 1:30PM
Many thanks to Lieberman and Snowe for their wrong votes. What would Lieberman do if the mandate were one prohibiting circumcision for "public health" reasons? Shoe on the other foot eh Joe? Can we not ask (and make it worth their while) these three Dems to join the Freedom (GOP) party?
PL| 3.1.12 @ 1:56PM
Yesterday there were some on this site who were somehow praising the Maine senator Olympia Snowe. Well, just today, further evidence that she's never been a member of the good team.
So...Q: What's the strategy of choosing February 29, 2012 to announce formally that you are stepping down from a senate seat? A: Make sure that the late-date/late notice leaves no good conservative the opportunity in Maine to jump into the race.
(I just love U.S.A. political office campaign signatures/filing deadlines. They make our nation, what's the word, so, so....above board?)
Mike 3/505| 3.1.12 @ 5:34PM
PL,
Glad you said it...now I don't have to. Snowe's going...and not a moment too soon. Time to elect a real conservative.
Tea Party Jim| 3.1.12 @ 2:24PM
Did anyone expect anything different? Harry Reid has the troops well in hand, and Olympia wants to go out on a curse to the GOP.
Why be surprised?
Floyd Looney | 3.1.12 @ 2:36PM
Good riddance to traitor Olympia Snowe!
We are better off without her.
Paul McGrath| 3.1.12 @ 3:35PM
And in yet another of the countless examples of our left-wing MSM, articles from the New York Times and Washington Post today--published in the Sacramento Bee and the San Francisco Chronical--decried the loss of a "moderate" in the U. S. Senate.
Apparently it did not occur to these nitwits that there is not a single moderate in the entire Democrat party.
RJ| 3.1.12 @ 3:36PM
Typical strategy of the left. Move into your living room and then scream that you are taking away their home when you ask them to leave. Who will win the next election, the Takers that increasingly demand to live off of others or those who have been paying the bills?
Dixie Pixie| 3.1.12 @ 5:03PM
Good One RJ
And I thought I was the only one who noticed Obama was running on the MTV song agenda.
“....Money for nothing, and your Chicks for Free....”
Mike| 3.1.12 @ 3:51PM
I have mixed feelings about the defeat of the bill. On one hand, I am appalled by the idea of forcing someone to do something that they find morally objectionable. On the other hand, if someone's religion calls on them to kill me for being an atheist, is that also protected by the First Amendment?.
MikeBee| 3.1.12 @ 4:26PM
Mike,
Don't try to too smart by half. That's why there are laws against murder. In fact, you have just proven that there is a hierarchy of laws. Laws that prevent the killing of individuals trump laws which protect some other rights, like freedom of religion. This is the reason that Christians are so up in arms about this violation of law. Christians believe that killing a fetus IS the killing of a human being. Forcing them to do so is a violation of a higher law, that of killing a human being; therefore, their moral objection. Now, they are being forced to kill others.
When we create laws which violate the hierarchy of laws, then we open the door to "anything goes."
Mike 3/505| 3.1.12 @ 5:38PM
Mike,
This was really never about religion...at least the main part. It was/is about PROPERTY RIGHTS and Contract Rights. The fact that the Libs won this round is a minor plus for them. The big issue is their continued inroads on property. They intend to make it OK for Federal intervention in any contract negotiation....just like this one, between a vendor (insurance company) and the customer (Church or Individual).
even if the bill had been passed by both houses and signed by the POTUS, they still would have won the war on property.
gearjammer| 3.1.12 @ 4:15PM
I know the GOP guy who will run for Snowes seat. He is pro life but realistic. People in Maine, particularily women are highly independent and do not like being told to by anyone. That is just the way it is. Snowes endorsment would go aqlong way in making him a winner. By the way, he is pro growth,pro military, pro states rights and all the rest. He'd vote for Roberts or Alito' But, hey do not clutter your minds with reality and pragmatism. Check you favorite SJC justices and their DOBs-wake up righties the era of compromise is here.
gearjammer| 3.1.12 @ 4:18PM
If Tarkanian won in Nevada well who knowa ? Good job Tea Party masterminds.
Clint| 3.1.12 @ 4:38PM
If We Didn't Chase The RINO-CINO Poster Boy, Arlen Specter Out Of The GOP,We Wouldn't Have Our Tea Party Senator Pat Toomey, crayonjammer.
Windy City Commentary| 3.1.12 @ 5:20PM
Quin Hillyer will still miss Snowe.
Chuck| 3.1.12 @ 5:26PM
Flip Flopper Romney is happy.
Jimbo| 3.2.12 @ 8:12PM
Just wondering-if Blunt had passed, wouldn't that also give an employer the right to refuse coverage for...say...testicular cancer? If not, why not?
Discuss...