President Obama overturned Bush's ban on aid to international organizations who provide information on birth control, i.e., contraceptives, last Friday. So now the ReThugs, led by Mel Martinez of Florida, introduced an amendment to the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the so-called Mexico City amendment, which would reinstate that ban. The good news is, it was just defeated by a vote of 37-60. Elections matter. Republicans are scum, willing to take away insurance from children to promote their right wing agenda.
I'm watching on C-Span...more over the fold
I'm heartened that our new, increased majority will be able to implement our key programs. We're turning around BushCo at a rapid pace. It can't be fast enough.
Since I'm teleworking, I'll have to make this short. But this first week has been awesome and inspiring - just as I expected. And I hope that once Obama sees that his efforts at reconciliation with the ReThugs is useless, we can move on and just stick it to them and pass what the American people want passed.