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Republican Congressman Says Woman Should Have Carried Brain Dead Fetus To Term
Louie Gohmert of Texas spoke at a hearing on a measure to criminalize abortions after 20 weeks. On Thursday, Christy Zink testified in opposition to H.R. 1797, a 20-week abortion ban that anti-abortion representatives of Congress keep attempting to impose upon the women in the nation’s capital. Abortion opponents claim that 20-week bans are necessary [...]
Gohmert: Force Women to Give Birth to Fetuses With 'No Brain Activity'
Click here to view this media Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert (R) on Thursday told a woman that she wrong to have an abortion after it was discovered late during her pregnancy that her fetus had no brain function.
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GOP congressman outraged IRS didn't investigate how Harry Reid 'obtained' Mitt Romney's tax returns
Harry Reid's gambit continues to live on
Just when you thought you couldn't possibly get another laugh out of Harry Reid's claim that an anonymous source had told him Mitt Romney hadn't paid a single dime in taxes over the past decade,...Show More Summary
Congressman: Women Should Be Forced To Give Birth To Fetuses With No Brain Function
At a congressional committee hearing to discuss a proposed measure to criminalize abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, a Texas lawmaker told a woman who made the difficult choice to terminate a non-viable pregnancy that she should have carried the fetus to term anyway — even though an MRI had already revealed that he was [...]
The Eight Most Xenophobic Stances Of Tom Tancredo, Candidate For Colorado Governor
Former Congressman Tom Tancredo (R), who finished second in the 2010 Colorado gubernatorial race as an American Constitution Party candidate, said Wednesday that he will seek the Republican nomination for governor in the 2014 election. The unsuccessful 2008 presidential hopeful said the “last straw” driving him into the race was Gov. John Hickenlooper’s (D) decision [...]
Congressman’s Misuse Of Bible Verse Belies Bad Theology And Ideology On Food Stamps
Our guest blogger is Jack Jenkins, a Senior Writer and Researcher with the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative. As the House Agriculture Committee convened earlier this week to discuss whether or not to cut as much as $4.1 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps), the conversation between lawmakers [...]
Oklahoma Congressman: The Left Is ‘Intolerant’ For Wanting Gay Boy Scouts
Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) is not happy about the pressure on the Boy Scouts of America to allow gay Scouts, a decision being weighed today by Scout leaders from across the country. Earlier this week, he spent some time on the House floor decrying the “intolerant Left” because of how it “bullies and browbeats” the [...]
No Food Stamps for Thee, Farm Subsidies for Me
Stephen Fincher, a deranged Republican congressman from Tennessee, is very angry that the federal government is committed to preventing poor people from starving to death: Republican Congressman Stephen Fincher of Tennessee, who supports...Show More Summary
Rep. Peter King Calls Out Fellow Republicans’ Tornado Relief ‘Hypocrisy’
Republican New York Congressman Peter King pointed out the hypocrisy of Republicans who see the Oklahoma tornado as a very different issue than Hurricane Sandy. “I think there’s a lot of hypocrisy involved here, [Sen. James] Inhofe saying Sandy aid was corrupt but Oklahoma won’t be,” King (R-N.Y.) told POLITICO. “But I don’t want to [...]
Weiner Enters NYC Mayor Race
Following several weeks of hints and signs, former congressman Anthony Weiner makes it official: Nearly two years after he resigned from Congress because of a sexting scandal, Anthony Weiner is running for mayor. He formally announced his candidacy with a two-minute, 16-second video that he posted online at midnight Wednesday. “I made some big mistakes [...]
Congressman Who Gets Millions In Farm Subsidies Denounces Food Stamps As Stealing ‘Other People’s Money’
Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN) agitated against food aid for poor Americans included in the Farm Bill during last week’s House Agricultural Committee debate, accusing the government of stealing “other people’s money.” Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has already been decimated in both the House and Senate versions of the Farm Bill, cutting [...]
Arizona Congressman Wants To Expand His DC Abortion Ban To Restrict Reproductive Rights Nationwide
Not content with attempting to impose his anti-abortion agenda upon the women who live in the nation’s capital, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) now intends to push for a nationwide bill to criminalize abortions after 20 weeks. Franks, who invoked the illegal abortion provider Kermit Gosnell to justify his decision to re-introduce a 20-week abortion ban [...]
GOP congressman comes up with new theory for impeaching Obama
A new reason to impeach President Barack Obama (my emphasis):
Representative Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican, says President Barack Obama may face impeachment over his administration’s response to the Benghazi attack.
“They purposefully and willfully misled the American people, and that’s unacceptable,” Chaffetz tells me. “It’s part of a pattern of deception.” [...]Show More Summary
Congressman Promises To Give Up Government Health Insurance After Voting To Repeal Obamacare
One congressman is so vehemently opposed to Obamacare that he’s willing to sacrifice his own health insurance in order to make a point. Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV), who entered Congress in 2011, was asked last week prior to the House’s vote to repeal Obamacare whether he would be giving up his own government-sponsored health insurance. [...]
First openly gay congressman in the south?
I don't have a lot to add to this great Q-Notes article, other than to ask, if elected, would Rep. Brandon be the first openly gay Congress member in the south?
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — State Rep. Marcus Brandon (D-Guilford) has formally announced his decision to run for North Carolina’s 12th Congressional District. Show More Summary
Rep. Cramer Blames Legalized Abortion for School Shootings
Click here to view this media A Republican congressman from North Dakota suggested to the graduating class at University of Mary earlier this month that the Boston Marathon bombings, the Sept. 11 terrorists attacks and multiple school shootings were all connected to the Supreme Court's Roe v. Show More Summary
Congressman Justifies Huge Food Stamp Cuts: Recipients Are ‘Dependency Class’
The House Agriculture Committee approved a farm bill late Wednesday night that would cut federal food stamps more steeply than any legislation since the welfare reforms of the 1990s. A Democratic amendment to strip $20.5 billion in Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) cuts was defeated by a 27-17 vote, after more than an hour of [...]
Somebody needs to tell the NRCC that the mayor of Medellín is not a Democratic congressman
Look, I know Luis Gutierrez (the congressman from Illinois) has a similar name to Luis Pérez Gutiérrez (the mayor of Medellín, Colombia), but if the National Republican Campaign Committee wants to be serious about taking on congressional...Show More Summary
Congressman: Sequestration Is A ‘Legitimate’ Way To Cut The Budget
Joining other Republicans who trumpet automatic, across-the-board cuts to preschool, education, unemployment benefits, and health services, House Judiciary Chair Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) said sequestration is “a legitimate effort” to implement...Show More Summary
Congressman: Legalized Abortions Cause School Shootings
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is overturning Roe v. Wade. Or, at least, that’s what freshman Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) seemed to suggest in a speech earlier this month: Just in the last several days, a Bismarck news anchor mistakenly uttered vulgarity on live television. He’s been heralded by [...]