Blogs Comment On 9/11 Bill, 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal, Other Topics

The following summarizes select women’s health-related blog posts. ~ “For ‘Pro-Life’ Republicans, Human Life is Cheap,” Carole Joffe, RH Reality Check: “The refusal of Senate Republicans, nearly all of whom identify as pro-life, to support the 9/11 First Responders bill (HR 847) gives …

Blogs Comment On 9/11 Bill, 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal, Other Topics

The following summarizes select women’s health-related blog posts. ~ “For ‘Pro-Life’ Republicans, Human Life is Cheap,” Carole Joffe, RH Reality Check: “The refusal of Senate Republicans, nearly all of whom identify as pro-life, to support the 9/11 First Responders bill (HR 847) gives …

Second Confirmation Hearing For DOJ Nominee Johnsen Unnecessary, New York Times Editorial States

Although Dawn Johnsen — President Obama’s nominee to lead the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel — is “a highly qualified choice,” Senate Republicans “have been raising baseless objections and delaying” the confirmation for more than one year, the New York Times says in an editorial. Republicans “owe Mr…

Conservatives Divided Over Whether To Filibuster Obama Judicial Nominee Hamilton

Senate Republicans and conservative activists appear to be at an impasse over whether to attempt to filibuster President Obama’s nomination of Indiana Judge David Hamilton to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, The Hill reports (Bolton, The Hill, 11/15).

GOP Senators Signal They Will Not Block Sotomayor; Full Senate Vote Expected By Aug. 7

Senate Republicans on Thursday said that they do not plan to block a vote on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, the Washington Post reports. Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.

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