Another Pro-Abortion Catholic Massachusetts Senator?
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, September 25, 2009 3:04 PM
Sen. Paul Kirk (CNS/Reuters)
According to this post at USA Today’s Faith & Reason blog, that could be the depressing reality following the interim appointment of Paul Kirk to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, until a special election is held next January.
Kirk was appointed yesterday by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and was sworn into the Senate today by Vice President... READ MORE
Filed under abortion, health care reform, paul kirk, u.s. senate
Senate to Drop Abortion Funding From Health Reform?
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 9:50 AM
Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., speaks yesterday to reporters about health-care reform. (Reuters)
CNN reported yesterday that the Senate Finance Committee, which is negotiating the Senate version of the health-care reform bill, is considering the inclusion of language specifying that the provisions of the bill are prohibited from funding abortion services.
The House version of the bill, according to pro-life analysts, is drafted in a manner that will allow funding of abortion services to be... READ MORE
Filed under abortion, health care reform, u.s. senate
U.S. Sen. Curt Schilling?
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, September 03, 2009 12:53 PM
Curt Schilling pitches in Game 2 of the 2007 World Series. (Reuters)
According to The Boston Globe, former Boston Red Sox ace Curt Schilling is contemplating a run for the vacant U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts previously held by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy.
The Globe speculates that if he runs, Schilling — who starred earlier in his major-league career with the Philadelphia Phillies — will seek the Republican nomination in the special election that will... READ MORE
Filed under curt schilling, jim bunning, u.s. senate
Senators Rally for Jailed Priest
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, July 02, 2009 9:42 AM
Father Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly (freedom-now.org)
Thirty-seven U.S. senators have sent a letter to Vietnam’s president appealing for the release of Father Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly, who is serving a 13-year jail term in Vietnam.
According to Associated Press:
In a letter sent through the Vietnamese Embassy, the senators said the Rev. Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly had no lawyers during his four-hour trial and was silenced repeatedly by a security guard... READ MORE
Filed under christian persecution, u.s. commission for international religious freedom, u.s. senate, vietnam
Victory for ‘Anti-Catholic Al’
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 3:36 PM
Al Franken (Reuters)
Al Franken, the Democratic comedian-turned-politician who has a long history of anti-Catholic diatribes, was today declared the winner of the disputed 2008 U.S. Senate race in Minnesota by the state’s Supreme Court.
Following the decision, incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman conceded defeat, CNN reported.
Franken’s victory leaves the Democrats poised to assume a filibuster-proof 60-seat... READ MORE
Filed under al franken, u.s. senate
Kudos for Casey
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, April 08, 2009 10:11 AM
Sen. Bob Casey (CNS)
Yesterday the Daily Blog noted the discouraging reality that 16 Catholic U.S. senators last week voted against legislation to enhance conscience protections for pro-life medical personnel.
But here’s some good news: Nine Catholic senators voted in favor of protecting conscience rights, including one Democrat: Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey.
Sen. Casey deserves special recognition, we think.... READ MORE
Filed under conscience protection, sen. bob casey, u.s. senate
Catholics Without Conscience
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 11:43 AM
U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (CNS)
It’s depressing to have to refer this way to 16 Catholic members of the U.S. Senate.
But the 16 Catholic senators have earned this depressing designation by their conduct last week regarding a vote that would have amended a Senate budget bill to safeguard conscience protections for pro-life medical personnel.
Here is a list of the 16 senators to vote against the conscience-protection... READ MORE
Filed under bishop murphy, conscience protection, u.s. senate
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