Healthcare and MURDER—the Waxman revote on the Pitts Amendment


The Pitts Amendment:

Joseph Pitts [R] (Pennsylvania—16th District)
420 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
www.house.gov/pitts (Website)

“AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE TO H.R. 3200

OFFERED BY MR. PITTS OF PENNSYLVANIA

At an appropriate place in division A, insert the following:

1 SEC. lll. LIMITATION ON ABORTION MANDATES.

No provision of this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) shall impose, or shall be construed to impose, any requirement for coverage of abortion, or access to abortion, or to authorize or permit the recommendation for, or imposition of, any such requirement by or through the Health Benefits Advisory Committee, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Health Choices Commissioner, or any other government or quasi-government entity, except in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, or unless the pregnancy is the result of an act of forcible rape or incest.”

This amendment presented in the House Energy and Commerce Committee by Representative Joseph Pitts of Pennsylvania was originally passed by a 31 to 27 vote. However, one of the 31 yes votes was from the Committee Chairman Henry Waxman,

Henry Waxman [D] (California—30th District)
2204 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
www.house.gov/waxman (Website)

who originally voted no on the amendment and then after the votes were cast changed his vote to a yes. This was a parliamentary maneuver to allow him to call the amendment for a second vote.

The second vote resulted in a reversal of the result. The amendment failed by a 29-30 vote—29 votes in favor of the amendment and 30 votes in opposition to the amendment. All Republicans on the committee voted in favor of the amendment on both votes.

The Republicans who voted for the amendment include:

Joe Barton [R] (Texas—6th District)
2109 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.joebarton.house.gov/ (Website)

Marsha Blackburn [R] (Tennessee—4th District)
217 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.blackburn.house.gov/ (Website)

Roy Blunt [R] (Missouri—7th District)
2229 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.blunt.house.gov/ (Website)

Mary Bono Mack [R] (California—45th District)
104 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.bono.house.gov/ (Website)

Michael Burgess [R] (Texas—26th District)
229 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.burgess.house.gov/ (Website)

Steve Buyer [R] (Indiana—4th District)
2230 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.stevebuyer.house.gov/ (Website)

Nathan Deal [R] (Georgia—9th District)
2133 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
www.house.gov/deal (Website)

Phil Gingrey [R] (Georgia—11th District)
119 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.gingrey.house.gov/ (Website)

Ralph Hall [R] (Texas—4th District)
2405 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
www.house.gov/ralphhall (Website)

Patrick Murphy [R] (Pennsylvania—8th District)
1609 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.patrickmurphy.house.gov/ (Website)

Sue Myrick [R] (North Carolina—9th District)
230 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.myrick.house.gov/ (Website)

Joseph Pitts[R] (Pennsylvania—16th District)
420 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
www.house.gov/pitts (Website)

George Radanovich [R] (California—19th District)
2410 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.radanovich.house.gov/ (Website)

Michael Rogers [R] (Michigan—8th District)
133 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.mikerogers.house.gov/ (Website)

Steve Scalise [R] (Louisiana—1st District)
429 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.scalise.house.gov/ (Website)

John Shadegg [R] (Arizona—3rd District)
436 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.johnshadegg.house.gov/ (Website)

John Shimkus [R] (Illinois—19th District)
2452 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
www.house.gov/shimkus (Website)

Cliff Stearns [R] (Florida—6th District)
2370 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
www.house.gov/stearns (Website)

John Sullivan [R] (Oklahoma—1st District)
434 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.sullivan.house.gov/ (Website)

Lee Terry [R] (Nebraska—2nd District)
2331 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.leeterry.house.gov/ (Website)

Fred Upton [R] (Michigan—6th District)
2183 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
www.house.gov/upton (Website)

Greg Walden [R] (Oregon—2nd District)
2352 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.walden.house.gov/ (Website)

Ed Whitfield [R] (Kentucky—1st District)
2411 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
www.house.gov/whitfield (Website)

In the revote, six Democrats voted for the Pitts Amendment to NOT allow the MURDER of unborn babies as provided in the amendment. They are:

John Barrow [D] (Georgia—12th District)
213 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.barrow.house.gov/ (Website)

Baron Hill [D] (Indiana—9th District)
223 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.baronhill.house.gov/ (Website)

Jim Matheson [D] (Utah—2nd District)
2434 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.matheson.house.gov/ (Website)

Charlie Melancon [D] (Louisiana—3rd District)
404 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.melancon.house.gov/ (Website)

Mike Ross [D] (Arkansas—4th District)
2436 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.ross.house.gov/ (Website)

Bart Stupak [D] (Michigan—1st District)
2268 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
www.house.gov/stupak (Website)

The following 30 Democrats voted AGAINST the Pitts Amendment which results in the general concept that the MURDER of unborn babies may be allowed by House bill 3200. The MURDERING THIRTY:

Tammy Baldwin [D] (Wisconsin—2nd District)
2446 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.tammybaldwin.house.gov/ (Website)

Rick Boucher [D] (Virginia—9th District)
2187 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
www.house.gov/boucher (Website)
ninthnet@mail.house.gov (Email)

Bruce Braley [D] (Iowa—1st District)
1019 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.braley.house.gov/ (Website)

G.K. Butterfield [D] (North Carolina—1st District)
413 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.butterfield.house.gov/ (Website)

Lois Capps [D] (California—23rd District)
1110 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
www.house.gov/capps (Website)

Kathy Castor [D] (Florida—11th District)
317 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.castor.house.gov/ (Website)

Donna Christensen [D] (Virgin Islands)
1510 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.donnachristensen.house.gov/ (Website)
(Does not have a final vote on a bill.)

Diana DeGette [D] (Colorado—1st District)
2335 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.degette.house.gov/ (Website)

John Dingell [D] (Michigan—15th District)
2328 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
www.house.gov/dingell (Website)

Mike Doyle [D] (Pennsylvania—14th District)
401 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.doyle.house.gov/ (Website)
rep.doyle@mail.house.gov (Email)

Eliot Engel [D] (New York—17th District)
2161 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.engel.house.gov/ (Website)

Anna Eshoo [D] (California—14th District)
205 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.eshoo.house.gov/ (Website)

Charles Gonzalez [D] (Texas—20th District)
303 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.gonzalez.house.gov/ (Website)

Bart Gordon [D] (Tennessee—6th District)
2306 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.gordon.house.gov/ (Website)

Gene Green [D] (Texas—29th District)
2372 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
www.house.gov/green (Website)

Jane Harman [D] (California—36th District)
2400 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
www.house.gov/harman (Website)

Jay Inslee [D] (Washington—1st District)
403 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
www.house.gov/inslee (Website)

Edward Markey [D] (Massachusetts—7th District)
2108 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.markey.house.gov/ (Website)

Doris Matsui [D] (California—5th District)
222 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.matsui.house.gov/ (Website)

Jerry McNerney [D] (California—11th District)
312 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.mcnerney.house.gov/ (Website)

Christopher Murphy [D] (Connecticut—5th District)
412 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.chrismurphy.house.gov/ (Website)

Frank Pallone [D] (New Jersey—6th District)
237 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
www.house.gov/pallone (Website)

Bobby Rush [D] (Illinois—1st District)
2416 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
www.house.gov/rush (Website)

John Sarbanes [D] (Maryland—3rd District)
426 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.sarbanes.house.gov/ (Website)

Janice Schakowsky [D] (Illinois—9th District)
2367 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
www.house.gov/schakosky (Website)

Zack Space [D] (Ohio—18th District)
315 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.space.house.gov/ (Website)

Betty Sutton [D] (Ohio—13th District)
1510 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.sutton.house.gov/ (Website)

Henry Waxman [D] (California—30th District)
2204 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
www.house.gov/waxman (Website)
Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee

Anthony Weiner [D] (New York—9th District)
2104 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.weiner.house.gov/ (Website)
weiner@mail.house.gov (Email)

Peter Welch [D] (Vermont—at large)
1404 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.welch.house.gov/ (Website)

You will recall that earlier in this post I said the amendment “originally passed by a 31 to 27 vote.” If only Chairman Waxman changed his vote from yes to no on the revote, the vote would still be 30 to 28 and the amendment would have still passed. So what happened?

The following is from the website—http://www.thehill.com/—and was posted on July 31, 2009.
“On the Democratic side, all but one Blue Dog—Rep. Zack Space (D-Ohio) who did not vote (on the first vote—my addition)—supported the amendment. (‘I just missed the first vote,’ said Space, who went on to vote against the amendment.)” [on the revote—my addition] Now, the vote is 30 in favor of the amendment and 29 in opposition. But wait, that’s not all that happened. The following is from the same post. “‘I misunderstood it the first time,’ said Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tennessee), who originally voted for the amendment’ but on the revote voted against the amendment.” These changes (Change that you can believe in?) resulted in the finally revote of 30 in opposition to the amendment and 29 in favor of the amendment. MURDER ACCEPTED!

Bart Gordon [D] (Tennessee—6th District)
2306 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
http://www.gordon.house.gov/ (Website)

Representative Bart Gordon is a 13 term Congressman (26 years in total including 2009 and 2010) who was last elected in 2008 with a 74% vote. He is an attorney and his religion is listed as Methodist. Do you really believe that he just misunderstood the vote? If so, maybe he has been in the Congress too long! More likely there was major arm twisting and promises made to get the two extra votes needed to prevent the amendment. What Some Congressmen won’t do to keep MURDERING the unborn!

The argument will be heard that nothing in the bill specifically allows the MURDER of unborn babies. This is true. It is also TRUE that, if it is not intended to occur, then there is no reason to VOTE AGAINST the Pitts Amendment. The vote against the Pitts Amendment is an admission that the Democrats fully expect the MURDER of unborn babies to be allowed after the passage of the bill. After all, major supporters and campaign workers for Democrats ARE people and organizations that promote, benefit from, and profit from the MURDER of unborn babies. Rest assured, if the Pitts Amendment or something similar is not added to the bill, the MURDER of unborn babies WILL be ALLOWED! It is pay back to their MURDERING supporters!

Barack Hussein Obama supports the MURDER of unborn babies. The Democratic Party, in general, supports the MURDER of unborn babies. And an out-of-control Supreme Court has immorally “legalized” the MURDER of unborn babies. If the bill is passed, MURDER WILL happen if NOT SPECIFICALLY PREVENTED!!!

The following is from http://www.republicans.energycommerce.house.gov/:

“An amendment offered by Rep. Joe Pitts, R-PA., would prohibit the Federal government from mandating that any health insurance plan provide coverage for abortion (except in cases involving a danger to the mother’s life, rape, or incest). For the text of this amendment, click here. (This list provides not only the amendment which I posted above but also the first vote. It is in PDF format—my addition.)

This amendment passed by a vote of 31 to 27.”

“Chairman Waxman, D-CA., later called for a revote on the Pitts Amendment, voting it down by a vote of 30 to 29. For a detailed vote tally, click here.” (This is also in PDF format—my addition.)