The bill in effect says a 1993 religious freedom law at the heart of the Hobby Lobby case doesn’t apply to legally required health benefits. The Supreme Court had cited the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in ruling that certain for-profit businesses can on religious grounds be exempted from the Obamacare requirement that the health plans they offer workers include FDA-approved birth control with no co-pays.
The procedural vote to take up the bill failed 56-43, four short of the 60 votes needed. Three Republicans, Susan Collins of Maine, Mark Kirk of Illinois and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, joined the Democrats in support of the measure sponsored by Patty Murray (D-Wash).
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Folks would have bet money on some of them voting that way......
ReplyDeleteThey would have been back at the SCOTUS for the same reason....I would think they would have considered that in their original ruling.....
this mis leading fact about this argument is that it's not denial of contraceptives and birth control but the abortion pill ...as our government told us( pass it to find out whats in it) they will not be funding...more lies from the democratic communist party
ReplyDeleteThese Fu@#$% democrats only care about fighting Hobby Lobby!Do your job and protect the citizens of your country that pay your salary!
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