Hope and Change. Hope for Who?

Posted on January 28, 2009
Filed Under Current Events, Political Rantings, Religious Rantings |

For those who oppose abortion and voted for Obama, congratulations, you got some more change. Unfortunately, there is little hope that Obama and the Democratic controlled congress bring to the unborn. As promised:

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111th Congress - 1st Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Amendment (Martinez Amdt. No. 65 )
Vote Number: 19 Vote Date: January 28, 2009, 12:13 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Amendment Rejected
Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 65 to H.R. 2 (Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009)
Statement of Purpose: To restore the prohibition on funding of nongovernmental organizations that promote abortion as a method of birth control (the “Mexico City Policy”).
Vote Counts: YEAs 37
NAYs 60
Not Voting 2

Just one more bad consequence of the brain dead being lulled into voting for a radical liberal by the mindless manta of “hope and change, hope and change, hope and change.”