Funding Abortions For Senate Dems Appears Sacrosanct Over Justice For Victims of Trafficking

Why Are Senate Dems. Really Blocking the
Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015?

Today in Washington, D.C. - March 18, 2015
The House reconvened at 10 AM. Bill Which may be considered today:
H.R. 1030 — "To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible."

Yesterday the House passed:
H.R. 1029 (236-181) — "To amend the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications, public participation, and for other purposes."
H.R. 1191 (415-0) — "To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that emergency services volunteers are not taken into account as employees under the shared responsibility requirements contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act."

The Senate reconvened at 9:30 AM. Following an hour of morning business, the Senate resumed consideration of S. 178, the bipartisan Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015. This afternoon a vote is expected to reconsider the cloture vote on S. 178 that Democrats filibustered yesterday because they want to use Federal (our) money to fund abortions via the Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015

Speaking on the Senate floor this morning, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said, “It’s hard to believe what we saw yesterday. Democrats actually filibustered a bill to help victims of modern slavery, apparently because left-wing lobbyists told them to. Yes, their historic mistake is callous and extreme. But more than that, it’s tragic. . . .

“Democrats owe these victims, not lobbyists, help — help the Senate is now so close to passing. A strong majority of the Senate—including several Democrats—has already voted in favor of this human-rights bill. Now, all it will take is a few more Democrats of courage to ignore the lobbyists and do what’s right. All that will mean is that the Democrats on the Judiciary Committee supporting the very same bill they’d voted for just a few weeks earlier.”

As reported in an earlier article today, previously today, editorial boards across the country have excoriated Democrats for their filibuster of the Victims of Trafficking bill.

Leader McConnell said, “[I]t’s not like the bipartisan provision now suddenly in question is anything new. As the Congressional Research Service notes, bipartisan provisions like this one ‘have been enacted in a variety of contexts since 1970,’ appearing in authorizing legislation as diverse as the State Children's Health Insurance Program, the Legal Services Corporation Act, the Department of Defense Authorization Act, the Foreign Assistance Act, and others.

“That’s why the distinguished Democratic Leader had been such a strong supporter of the bipartisan Hyde provision for so many years, and why he said this during his tenure as Majority Leader: ‘My belief in the sanctity of life is why I have repeatedly voted against using taxpayer money for abortions.’

“That is the declared view of the Democratic Leader. It’s what he said just a few short years ago—before he and his party voted to filibuster a bill that would help the victims of modern slavery. So, this afternoon, we invite Democrats to ignore the lobbyists and do the right thing.”

Democrats will have another chance to decide that helping victims of this heinous crime is more important than the lobbying of pro-abortion groups when the Senate votes again on cloture on the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act this afternoon.

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