28 April 2009

Legislative update: HR-3 opponents receive death threats — abstinence policy lives

Death threats. Some Democrats who voted against HR-3, the right wing’s figurative shot at Fort Sumter, reportedly have received death threats. Over at 4and20blackbirds, jhwygirl has the details.

Insurance & abstinence. Today we learn how Democrats secured full funding for the implementation of I-155. They agreed to strip the legislation of Republican Sen. John Brueggeman’s amendment to fund contraception for teenagers covered by the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), thus keeping Montana one of five states with this imbecilic policy. Brueggeman’s Republican colleagues demanded the removal of his amendment to protect family values and promote abstinence. Mike Dennison has the details — and juicy quotes — at the Billings Gazette.