Dem Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper: I Wouldn't Have Voted for Obamacare If I'd Known About HHS Regulation Former Democratic congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper, a Catholic from Erie, Pennsylvania, cast a crucial vote in favor of Obamacare in 2010. She lost her seat that November in part because of her controversial support of Obamacare. But Dahlkemper said recently that she would have never voted for the health care bill had she known that the Department of Health and Human Services would require all private insurers, including Catholic charities and hospitals, to provide free coverage of contraception, sterilization procedures, and the "week-after" pill "ella" that can induce early abortions. "I would have never voted for the final version of the bill if I expected the Obama Administration to force Catholic hospitals and Catholic Colleges and Universities to pay for contraception, Dahlkemper said in a press release sent out by Democrats for Life in November. "We worked hard to prevent abortion funding in health care and to include clear conscience protections for those with moral objections to abortion and contraceptive devices that cause abortion. I trust that the President will honor the commitment he made to those of us who supported final passage." Of course, most abortion opponents disagree with Dahlkemper that the HHS regulation is Obamacare's only moral problem. Under Obamacare, each state's federally subsidized health care exchange is required to offer a health insurance plan that covers elective abortions unless the state passes a law opting out of the requirement. http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs...-if-id-known-about-hhs-regulation_626302.html Perhaps, Democrats should have actually read the bill that they passed into law? I have a better idea. Let's replace these politicians with people who will read the bills. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV-05TLiiLU"]Pelosi: "We Have to Pass the Bill So That You Can Find Out What Is In It" - YouTube[/ame] _
I suspect there are a lot of Democrats in both house that wish they hadsn't voted for ObamaCare. Having voted for ObamaCare makes one an Obama lapdog and now he/she is irretrievably tied too Obama in November.
this is what happens when those who have a chance to read a bill before its passed DONT read it, and in the end we get screwed because the jackasses didnt read t because their leaders Pelosi and Obama pulled a fast one. now, americans will be screwed.
Just another way to raise taxes... Tax Penalty to Hit Nearly 6M Middle Class People Without Health Insurance September 20, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) Nearly 6 million Americans significantly more than first estimated will face a tax penalty under President Barack Obama's health overhaul for not getting insurance, congressional analysts said Wednesday. Most would be in the middle class.
No one reads the bills before voting. It's how we got the Patriot Act and this stupid thing. I'm sooooooooooo glad she says this now that we are stuck with it or whatever stupid thing they replace it with.
I say too bad for the dumb (*)(*)(*)(*)(*). If she was so clueless that she didn't realize the implications of her vote, then she was too dumb to be in office anyway. Good riddance!
Dahlkemper was the rep from my district. It's sad to see she supports exemptions for religious institutions not to follow the law like others have to because they hide behind the bible.
Yeah, but at least Obama kept his promise to revise the Patriot Act to increase oversight. Oops, I forgot- he renewed and expanded the Patriot Act. My bad.
Yeah and I think her self-imposed ignorance (aka STUPIDITY) is pervasive in the Democrat party these days.
Let's be honest: the furthering of the Democratic Party agenda relies on ignorance. Take the unemployment rate, for example. An Obama victory needs people to be ignorant about how the rate is calculated. It counts on people not knowing that for every person that got a job, four gave up.
if she were honest she would probably have said that had she known she'd lose her cushy job she would not have voted for it.
should of read the bill first before she passed it,,needs to quit listening to nancy dumb broad pelosi
If you didn't read the bill (which is really what her job description is), it takes brass to come back with "I didn't know".
I got a problem with people who spend $millions to get to Washington as our representatives and then don't know what's in a BILL before they sign off on it. That's dereliction of duty. I got an even bigger problem with representatives who say "I didn't know".
She wasn't the only one who got snookered. Pelosi should have been run out of town when she said, "You will find out what's in it after we pass it." How many of you would purchase a car after the salesman says to you...."Just pay me the money, and you will find out later how many miles it has on it and if it's in good mechanical shape...or not?" Well, all the Dem House members who march in lockstep with their leadership did just that. And to the detriment of the entire nation. Obamacare was designed to be a Trojan Horse that would lead to single payer, which is what Obama really wants. Our only chance of undoing this horrible thing thrust on us, is to vote Romney/Ryan in November.
That is what our congress does.. Isnt it great! Why do you think they make the bills over a 1k pages long of legalese?
These idiots are finally finding out what is actually in it. They all deserve to get voted out. The only thing bipartisan about Obamacare was the opposition to it.
Sadder than this? The University of Michigan, Dearborn is a public state run college. Are you against that? If so how, when and where did you speak out against?