Oh, Sen. Lindsey Graham. If you didn’t exist we’d have to make you up.
It started with Benghazi. When you kill Americans and nobody pays a price, you invite this type of aggression. #Ukraine The perfect distillation of Republican genius, right there.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) plans to lead Senate Republicans in a push for a federal ban on abortions after the end of the 20th week of pregnancy.
The measure is a companion to the House-passed Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act that was led by Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ).
“Science tells us that unborn babies can feel touch as soon as eight weeks into the pregnancy; they feel pain at 20 weeks,” said Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), leading the debate on the floor of the House.
According to the Washington Examiner, Republican aides in both chambers of Congress confirmed that Graham is the lead sponsor of the Senate bill and will introduce the measure in the coming week.
Concerns among Republican senators about the proposal have included one from pro-life Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), who said thought should be given regarding the constitutionality of invoking Congress’ authority to regulate commerce as the basis for the legislation. President Obama’s attorneys invoked the same constitutional provision to defend ObamaCare’s individual mandate.
The Supreme Court upheld a partial-birth abortion ban rooted in the Commerce Clause in 2003. Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, however, emphasized in a concurring opinion that “the court’s abortion jurisprudence… has no basis in the Constitution.”
The justices added that “whether the Act constitutes a permissible exercise of Congress’ power under the Commerce Clause is not before the Court.”
Recently, liberal Constitutional attorney Alan Dershowitz said there has never been any constitutional right to abortion in the Constitution.
By introducing a measure such as an abortion ban, Graham may be hoping to bolster his effort to keep primary challengers at bay.
As Breitbart News’ Michael Patrick Leahy reported in July, Graham is being challenged in the 2014 South Carolina Republican primary:
Tea Party groups across the state unanimously oppose Graham. They view him as a RINO who does not support the constitutionally limited government values of the movement. However, to date they have not coalesced around a single challenger.
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Today is the Senate’s first day back from recess, and the nation’s most august lawmaking body is already settling in for another round of intractable partisan gridlock. This time, Senator Lindsay Graham is threatening to block all nominations from the White House unless a joint select committee to look into last year’s embassy attack in Benghazi, Libya is established. This comes in light of last night’s 60 Minutes program about the attack.
Graham’s position is dripping with irony, because it was only three months ago that he was calling the filibuster against Richard Cordray (now head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) “ The GOP is not in full consensus over this, and Graham is going against party leadership with this move: House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have both expressed opposition to setting up a Benghazi commission. Hopefully something will convince Graham to either change his mind, or the Senate might circumvent him procedurally getting rid of the filibuster this session. Fights like this one only lead the president to have a longer and longer backlog of federal appointees. Like most things carried out by Congress, this new blockage is likely meant to send a message to Graham’s potential primary voters rather than actually accomplish anything for the American people.
We had our doubts about this dating rumor but thanks to new pics we have all the proof we need! A professional photo shoot is one way to set the record straight but Tiger and Lindsey took it a step further, each posting statuses on Facebook confirming they are in fact dating! Both the golfer and Olympic skier made mention of the fact they started off as friends, but said over the last few months they have become very close.
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