Not a single Republican voted against government rationing of health care last night. Why this profound ideological shift?

Rep. Janice Schakowsky of Illinois stood in the floor of the House of Representatives this evening to speak against the health care bill amendment offered by fellow Democrat Bart Stupak of Illinois. Under this amendment, as Schakowsky explains, even women who are NOT national health care plan participants — women who are paying for their [...]

Tonight, Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois took to the floor of the House of Representatives to declare his opposition to a health care bill amendment by Rep. Bart Stupak. The Stupak Amendment would make it illegal for any health care plan accepting any national health care plan participants to provide abortion coverage for anyone at [...]

How is it pro-life to deny health care coverage to families of working Americans because of an ideological position about abortion?

“I think that life starts at conception, but you don’t have to build a platform off that.” – Charles Lollar, chairman of the Charles County Republican Central Committee in Maryland There are practical consequences of such a belief that have the potential, if enacted, to radically restrict Americans’ liberty. Mr. Lollar has recently declared his [...]

Texas Representative (and repeated presidential candidate) Ron Paul asserts his principled approach to politics on a regular basis. When Congressman Paul declines to vote for a congressional medal of honor for Rosa Parks, he says it has nothing to do with disrespecting the civil rights movement. No, no, says Ron Paul, he opposes spending even [...]

Robert Aderholt doesn’t want to actually ban abortion. He just wants to talk about it. He knows that the abortion issue is his political bread and butter.

Anyone who is aware of the present day issues surrounding fertility treatments like in vitro fertilization realizes that giving a fertilized egg all the legal protections of a person from the moment a sperm breaks through the egg’s cell membrane is absurd. It doesn’t take a genius to see that H.R. 4157 could never be practically applied without creating some extremely bizarre consequences. Yet, 56 members of Congress are apparently not bright enough to understand these problems.