Why should women be upset that all the U.S. House Republicans supported H.R. 3? Addicting info has an analysis of HR 3:
(Rep. Chris) .....Smith promised to remove the language and while it is not technically in the bill, Mother Jones reports that House Republicans used “a sly legislative maneuver” to insert a “backdoor reintroduction” of redefinition language. Essentially, if the bill is challenged in court, judges will look at the congressional committee report to determine intent. The committee report for H.R. 3 says the bill will “not allow the Federal Government to subsidize abortions in cases of statutory rape” — thus excluding statutory rape-related abortions from Medicaid coverage.
– Tax Increase On Women And Small Businesses: H.R. 3 prevents women from using “itemized medical deductions, certain tax-advantaged health care accounts or tax credits included in last year’s health care law to pay for abortions or for health insurance plans that cover abortion.” In doing so, the bill forces women and small businesses that provide health insurance that covers abortion to pay more in taxes than they would otherwise. Both economic conservative Grover Norquist and the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce noted that the bill is basically a tax increase.
– Rape Audits: Because H.R. 3 bans using tax credits or deductions to pay for abortions or insurance, a woman who used such a benefit would have to prove, if audited, that her abortion “fell under the rape/incest/life-of-the-mother exception, or that the health insurance she had purchased did not cover abortions.” Essentially, the bill turns Internal Revenue Service agents into “abortion cops” who would force women to give “contemporaneous written documentation” that it was “incest, or rape, or [her] life was in danger” that compelled an abortion......
Why would a woman have to provide information to the IRS about her rape? Why are Republicans making such horrifyingly, degrading efforts to minimize a woman's tragic experience of being raped?
**** Did you get the invitation for Republican Rep. James Renacci (OH-16) to go to his fundraiser at the Washington Golf and Country Club? Here is the info from Politicalpartytime (a project of Sunlight Foundation) about the event hosted by Mastercard and Visa:
- For: James B. Renacci (R, OH-16)
- Hosted by: Mastercard Visa
- When: June 13th, 2011 (12 p.m.)
- Where: Washington Golf and Country Club - 3017 N Glebe Road, Arlington
- Type of Event: Golf Tournament
- Contribution Information: $2,500 PAC Host; $1,500 PAC Host; $1,000 Individual
- Make Checks Payable To: Renacci for Congress - P.O. Box 88 Wadsworth Ohio 44282
- RSVP: Monica Notzon | Maggie Rauck; 202-737-9091; rsvp@bellwethergroup.net
- Distribution Paid for by: Renacci for Congress
Which group will Renacci support in his legislative votes---- constituents or Mastercard and Visa? What do you think?
>>>> In case you missed it----Republican leader, John Boehner gave the commencement speech yesterday at Ohio State's graduation. Graduates and parents were not happy with Boehner's selection and there were protests.
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ProgressOhio:We Are Ohio hosted motorcycle riders from all across the state in a Biker Rally and 'Ride to Kill the Bill' around the Statehouse in opposition to Senate Bill 5, the unfair attack on employee rights and worker safety.
We're standing up for the middle class once again, but this time supporters of SB5 didn't just hear our chants and songs.
They heard the deafening sounds of motorcycle mufflers roaring through the streets of Columbus and around the Ohio Statehouse.....
How could you not notice that?