Breaking: On CNN - GOP is adding a 'conscience clause' to the bill (UPDATED)

[Tx4obama]

... regarding 'contraceptives' and 'companies' coverage - or something like that - I didn't catch all that he said.

Edited to add..

GOP to add 'conscience clause' to spending bill

Washington (CNN) - House Republicans have added a measure aimed at limiting contraceptive coverage to the spending bill coming up for a vote Saturday night, a spokesman for Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kansas, told CNN.

A senior House leadership aide confirmed that development.

The so-called “conscience clause” would allow employers and insurers to opt out of preventative care for women which they find objectionable on moral or religious grounds. That prominently includes birth control, which most insurers are required to provide for free under current Obamacare rules.

With this move, House Republican leaders would give any employer or group health plan the ability to opt out of contraception coverage for the next year. That time frame syncs up with the larger measure in which this is included: a one-year delay of Obamacare provisions not yet in effect.

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Full article here: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/09/28/gop-to-add-conscience-clause-to-spending-bill/

[djean111]

1. So - they are doubling down?

[Tx4obama]

2. Looks like it. n/t

[Jackpine Radical]

3. "Conscience?"

Or are you trying to suggest that Republicans are conscious?

[Tx4obama]

5. Thanks. I fixed it. I must admit...

I didn't know how to spell it and that was what my browser spell check came up with

[Xipe Totec]

7. Well, they have raised the con from an art to a science. Con-science. nt

[Jackpine Radical]

8. Good point--

and the only definition of conscience that any conscious person could conceivably apply to them.

[Incitatus]

13. The pretense of a conscience to save money and screw people. nt

[madaboutharry]

4. What a fucked up political party.

[Thinkingabout]

6. I guess this is going to be the grabbing straw for them, WTH, they know it is going to be a bill

Without defunding ACA and even if they shut down the government it will still be funded. Who would have thought they would still be playing tricks at this late date, oh, I forgot, we are talking about repukes.

[CK_John]

9. This will be the cavein bait, watch out .

[sharp_stick]

10. what?

I mean seriously, what?

[winstars]

11. I have seen this in two posts and I don't understand "Cavein bait" either...

[CreekDog]

14. Ck john is never right

Not being mean, but he likes to predict things that don't end up happening.

Which is good news in this case.

[enlightenment]

12. Is that "cave in"

or is that a new term that's come up recently?

(really - I'm confused)

[neverforget]

15. They've lost their minds.....and we're all going to pay for it

Fuckers.

[NutmegYankee]

16. Now it's a mental warfare game.

We must be strong and unyielding.

[Blue Idaho]

17. There will be hell to pay.

Fuck these traitors. Let them shut down the government. All of the government. Every last bit of the government. The Military, Social Security, Medicare, the VA, the Treasury, every damn bit of the government and then let's see how America feels about their sanctimonious conscience clause.