Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog

• It's Official. Health Care Reformers Sell Women's Right to Choose Down the Drain

  UPDATE: It took Chris Van Hollen about 30 seconds after the final vote to ask me for money. His email fails to mention the Stupak Amendment. Imagine what I had to say back to him.**********************************UPDATE: One bright light in all of this is Rep. Eric Massa. He told a constituent [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 9:37pm EST
  

• Jane Hampsher is Twittering that the Stupak Amendment is Expected to Pass--You worked for Health Care Reform and Got An Anti-Abortion Bill

  The Stupak Amendment will prevent all insurance plans sold in the individual and small group market from covering elective abortion. So, the bottom line is that more abortion restrictions than we ever saw out of the Bush Administration will pass under this so-called Democratic House. Maybe that's what they mean [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 1:21pm EST
  

• Kirk Fails to Get A Floor Vote On His Brand of Healthcare Non-Reform, Protects Record of Ineffectiveness

  Kirk offered his "protect the doctor-patient relationship" bill as an amendment to the House bill yesterday in the rules committee, but it looks like he's not getting a floor vote. This may seem like a defeat, but it does protect Kirk's record as a completely ineffective representative unable to get [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:19am EST
  

• FDL Action: One Bright Light of Honesty in the Health Care Reform Debate

  I've been tough on HCAN, OFA and MoveOn for their lack of open honesty about the health care reform bills. They deserve it. When they weren't trying to supress debate, they were lying through omission. However, I want to commend FDL Action as the only public option advocacy group that [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:11am EST
  

• And they call it a democratic congress

  There will be a vote on the House co-ops renamed public option bill today after all. There will be no vote on single payer or state single payer amendments, but there will be a vote on an amendment to make it illegal for an insurance company that covers abortion to [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 9:48am EST
  

• Profiles in Lack of Courage

  Kirk's going to be begging for Sarah Palin's endorsement. Even I didn't think he'd stoop that low:Kirk can't even answer the question:The nation seems surprised by Kirk's latest antics, but it's nothing new to us here in IL-10. Remember Kirk ran away from Josh, an Iraq War Veteran:' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:01am EST