The Blunt Amendment was the most extreme attempt yet, at the federal level, by the Republican Party to deprive women of birth control and other health care services. Republicans are doing their level vest to return women to the status of chattel, just like they held in the 19th century. Fortunately Senate Democrats defeated the Blunt Amendment yesterday morning, but there were defections.

By a largely party-line vote, the Senate on Thursday blocked a move to exempt virtually any employer with moral objections from the Obama administration’s controversial birth control health coverage rule. The measure, an amendment proposed by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) to a highway funding bill, was tabled—and therefore effectively killed—by a vote of 51 to 48. Only one Republican Senator, Olympia Snowe of Maine voted against the measure. Three Democratic Senators supported it, Robert Casey (Pa.), Joe Manchin (W.V.), and Ben Nelson (Neb.) . The measure was among the most sweeping of several congressional efforts to broaden the current religious exemption in the birth control rule, which only fully exempts explicitly religious organizations such as churches from its requirement that worker health plans include contraceptive coverage with no out of pocket charges… [emphasis added]

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If any of the three Democrats are yours, I hope you’ll give them a call and condemn their votes in the strongest possible terms. As upset as I am with Casey, had he not won, former Senator Frothmeister would have that Senate seat. Manchin is a terrible DINO, but from WV, the choices are a DINO or an extreme Koch sucker. The worst of the three, Benedict Nelson, might as well be a Republican. Fortunately he is retiring and Bob Kerry is campaigning to take his place.

Ed Schultz covers the story and interviews Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Terry O’Neill and Caroline Heldman.

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The misogyny here is so extreme that it has to hurt the Republican Regime, long term.

Lawrence O’Donnell discussed the vote and the effects on Republican candidates with Alex Wagner and Chris Hayes.

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This shows that Rmoney would be the same kind of President that Crawford Caligula was. He would do what his handlers, people like Rove and Cheney, tell him to do.

However, we can be thankful that Limbarf has not reproduced.