Proposal to End Military Abortion Ban Complicates Defense Budget Bill

Gerald · 09-20-10, 11:53 AM

Add abortion to the list of hot-button social issues that could derail a sweeping budget blueprint for the nation's military.

An amendment from Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., to end a longstanding ban on abortions at U.S. military hospitals overseas is attached to the defense authorization bill set to come up for a vote in the Senate.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...efense-budget/

Note:Published September 20, 2010

SteamWake · 09-20-10, 03:08 PM

WTH Reid trys to slip an amnesty bill in ...

http://www.thenewamerican.com/index....se-policy-bill

now this

Shouldent a defense budget bill be about I dunno a defense budget?

TLAM Strike · 09-20-10, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Shouldent a defense budget bill be about I dunno a defense budget?

Defense budget bill? Oh you mean the Lockheed stimulus package?

Gerald · 09-20-10, 08:11 PM

The U.S. military is being muddied in the trench as Democrats and Republicans fight a tug-of-war over social issues timed weeks before Election Day.What should have been a routine budget bill for the Pentagon is now a political cauldron brimming with proposed policy changes over abortion, gay rights and illegal immigration. Senate Democrats have folded, or attempted to fold, all those issues into a single defense package, leading to accusations that the Senate is needlessly politicizing its annual obligation to fund the military. As the parties hurl political hand grenades at one another, stuck in the crossfire is the military itself.Joe Davis, spokesman for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, said Congress will avoid a Pentagon shutdown, as it always does, by passing a resolution to continue funding defense at current levels.But he expressed concern about the "attachments" to the authorization bill.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...social-issues/

Note:Published September 20

ETR3(SS) · 09-21-10, 03:44 AM

I got an idea that will make every Congressman happy! Screw the Defense Budget, take that money and devote it to congressional pay raises, retirement plans, and insurance plans.

/end sarcasm

Gerald · 09-21-10, 04:14 AM

ETR3 (SS) Why do not you political career, with so many good ideas, I think the whole country is in need of balls

Gerald · 09-21-10, 02:28 PM

WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans have blocked an effort to repeal the law banning gays from serving openly in the military.

The partisan vote was a defeat for gay rights groups who saw the provision in a defense authorization bill as their last chance any time soon to overturn the law known as "don't ask, don't tell."

Democrats fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance the legislation, which authorized $726 billion in defense spending including a pay raise for troops.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...ask-dont-tell/

Note:Published September 21, 2010

09-20-10, 11:53 AM	#1
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Proposal to End Military Abortion Ban Complicates Defense Budget Bill Add abortion to the list of hot-button social issues that could derail a sweeping budget blueprint for the nation's military. An amendment from Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., to end a longstanding ban on abortions at U.S. military hospitals overseas is attached to the defense authorization bill set to come up for a vote in the Senate. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...efense-budget/ Note:Published September 20, 2010 __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

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SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	WTH Reid trys to slip an amnesty bill in ... http://www.thenewamerican.com/index....se-policy-bill now this Shouldent a defense budget bill be about I dunno a defense budget? __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

09-20-10, 08:11 PM	#4
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Military Caught in Middle of Political Brawl Over Social Issues The U.S. military is being muddied in the trench as Democrats and Republicans fight a tug-of-war over social issues timed weeks before Election Day.What should have been a routine budget bill for the Pentagon is now a political cauldron brimming with proposed policy changes over abortion, gay rights and illegal immigration. Senate Democrats have folded, or attempted to fold, all those issues into a single defense package, leading to accusations that the Senate is needlessly politicizing its annual obligation to fund the military. As the parties hurl political hand grenades at one another, stuck in the crossfire is the military itself.Joe Davis, spokesman for the Veterans of Foreign Wars, said Congress will avoid a Pentagon shutdown, as it always does, by passing a resolution to continue funding defense at current levels.But he expressed concern about the "attachments" to the authorization bill. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...social-issues/ Note:Published September 20 __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

09-21-10, 03:44 AM	#5
ETR3(SS) Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between test depth and periscope depth Posts: 3,021 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 16	I got an idea that will make every Congressman happy! Screw the Defense Budget, take that money and devote it to congressional pay raises, retirement plans, and insurance plans. /end sarcasm __________________ USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G) Comms Div 2003-2006 Qualified 19 November 03 Yes I was really on a submarine.

09-21-10, 04:14 AM	#6
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	ETR3 (SS) Why do not you political career, with so many good ideas, I think the whole country is in need of balls __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

09-21-10, 02:28 PM	#7
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Procedural Vote Stalls Defense Bill, Repeal of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans have blocked an effort to repeal the law banning gays from serving openly in the military. The partisan vote was a defeat for gay rights groups who saw the provision in a defense authorization bill as their last chance any time soon to overturn the law known as "don't ask, don't tell." Democrats fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance the legislation, which authorized $726 billion in defense spending including a pay raise for troops. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...ask-dont-tell/ Note:Published September 21, 2010 __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie