Thursday, March 01, 2012
Drive for Blunt amendment blunted in Senate.
It was a stupid bit of political gotcha and sadly the defeat was by a vote of 51-48.
The Senate voted on Thursday 51 to 48 to reject a controversial amendment sponsored by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) that would have overridden the Obama Administration's new contraception coverage rule and allowed any employer to refuse to cover any kind of health care service by citing "moral reasons." Three Democrats, Sens. Bob Casey (Pa.), Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Ben Nelson (Neb.) voted with Republicans in favor of the amendment, and only one Republican, Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine), voted against it.Three Blue Dog bastards made the vote look close.
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