Abortion Ground Staked Out

Today, the Senate voted on the Schumer amendment, a radical pro-abortion amendment that sought to prevent such criminals as old ladies praying the Rosary and teenagers handing brochures for crisis pregnancy centers to women who feel entirely hopeless, from declaring bankruptcy when losing lawsuits that fund such acts "violent". The vote gives some insight as to how the Senate will behave on pro-life votes. The "pro-life" Democrats, with the exception of Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), caved into party pressure and voted for the amendment. This suggests that Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will abuse his power as DSCC Chair to blackmail Democrats into voting his way against their principles. RINOs voting in favor of the amendment were the usual suspects, Chafee (RI), Collins (ME), snowe (ME), and Specter (PA - thanks Rick!). The big surprise vote was cast by Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV), who voted against the amendment. This is a sure sign that the Senator has finally lost his marbles, as he would never have opposed such an amendment when he still had some of his faculties. Hopefully the Senator will continue to forget his long-held positions and vote with the Republicans more often.