So pretty much everything Obama says here is proven to be a lie today by the Senate.
The Senate Finance Committee rejected an amendment to its healthcare bill Wednesday that would have required women to purchase a separate, supplemental insurance plan to cover abortion services.
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) proposed the amendment with the goal of making existing laws against federal money being used to pay for abortions, and the language in the healthcare bill, ironclad.
“All I’m asking — my gosh — is for specific language in the bill that prohibits federal dollars from being used to fund abortions,” Hatch said…Democrats on the committee, along with pro-abortion-rights Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine) rejected Hatch’s argument, saying it would be unfair to require women to purchase separate insurance coverage for abortion services. Such a requirement, Snowe said, would raise privacy issues by asking women to anticipate their need for abortion coverage.
And this from the Hill:
Senate Finance Committee Democrats rejected a proposed a requirement that immigrants prove their identity with photo identification when signing up for health insurance or tax credits under healthcare reform.
So when Obama said people were lying about abortion being in the bill or about Obamacare covering illegal immigrants, well it turns out he was…well not telling the truth.
October 1, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Wow- is anyone surprised?
Funny- talking with my co-workers about these things (health care, taxes, welfare, abortion, politics in general), it seems that nobody- even my liberal co-workers- feels that either part represents them anymore. Case in point: Olympia Snowe claiming to be a Republican while pushing for the rejection of Sen. Hatch's amendment.
We came to the conclusion that today's politics are more about conservative vs. liberal than Dem vs Republican. Seems like neither party really has it together when it comes to actually representing what certain groups of people want.
Anyone else notice this?
October 1, 2009 at 6:31 pm
I sus-Specter you're onto something.
gbm3
October 1, 2009 at 8:32 pm
We all knew this was going to be the case, unfortunately. Now, the question is, will he change his future speeches to reflect the facts??
October 4, 2009 at 12:57 am
YOU LIE!
October 5, 2009 at 10:06 pm
Wait…I think we have something here with what Olympia Snowe said:
"It would raise privacy issues by having her ANTICIPATE the need for abortion services."
Wouldn't it raise privacy issues to require ANYONE to purchase medical insurance in ANTICIPATION of needing it someday, then?