
‘Born-Alive’ Amendment Fails Again in the Senate
Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Bob Casey, D-Penn., were the only two Democrats who joined Senate Republicans in supporting Sasse’s amendment.
Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Bob Casey, D-Penn., were the only two Democrats who joined Senate Republicans in supporting Sasse’s amendment.
The effort comes after Rep. Adriano Espillat, D-N.Y., a Dominican-American and Catholic, introduced H.R. 97 Jan. 4, “To abolish the death penalty under Federal law.”
While the outcome still might hinge on a pair of January runoff elections in Georgia, a Republican majority would brake a Biden administration legislatively and on judicial and cabinet appointments.
Barrett will be the sixth practicing Catholic justice at the Supreme court, joining Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, and Brett Kavanaugh.
Several pro-life groups supported the brief, including Alliance Defending Freedom, March for Life Action, and National Right to Life.
Among the bills proposed in the California legislature is Senate Bill 1004, which would require health insurance companies to hide “sensitive” medical procedures for adult and minor children who are covered under their parents’ health coverage plan.
Funding inclusion could trigger a fight over abortion funding in the coming months. Eugene Scalia is the son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
In addition to confirming over a dozen judicial nominees and a new United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft, the Senate also passed the Bipartisan Budget Act, sending the legislation to the President’s desk
COMMENTARY: The midterm elections end with the Democrats controlling the House and the Republicans keeping the senate.
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