The House Energy and Commerce Committee on July 31 approved its health care reform bill (HR 3200) by a 3128 vote that was mostly along party lines, the AP/Seattle Times reports. Among the many amendments considered during the markup, the committee rejected an amendment offered by Reps. Joe Pitts (RPa) and Bart Stupak (DMI) to [...]

Fox News host Bill OReilly is “being incredibly disingenuous when he claims that he bears no responsibility for others actions in the killing of Dr. George Tiller on Sunday,” Mary Alice Carr, vice president of communications for NARAL ProChoice New York, writes in a Washington Post opinion piece. “When you tell an audience of millions [...]

House GOP members on Tuesday sent a letter to President Obama praising him for saying that he wants to “honor the conscience of those who disagree with abortion” during his commencement address at the University of Notre Dame last weekend, The Hill reports. The Republican lawmakers Reps. James Sensenbrenner (Wis.), Chris Smith (N.J.) and [...]