There Is An Evil In This World And It Isn't Limited To Terrorists And Tyrants

Today in Washington. D.C. - March 13, 2015:
President Obama and Sec. of State John Kerry plays footsies with Iran and the United Nations.

Neither the House or Senate is in session today.

The House will reconvene on Monday, March 16, at Noon.

The Senate will reconvene on Monday at 3 PM. At 5:30, the Senate will vote on confirmation of the nominations of Carlos Monje, Jr, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation and Manson Brown to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.

Yesterday, the Senate voted 97-0 to confirm Christopher A. Hart to be Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

Also, yesterday Majority Leader McConnell filed cloture Thursday on an anti-trafficking bill that has stalled in the Senate amid an abortion fight. Democrats have balked over the legislation's inclusion of the Hyde Amendment which is supposed to be the present law of the land regarding federal funded programs and blocks federal funding from being used for abortions.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell lambasted Senate Democrats on the floor yesterday afternoon: “I want to make sure everybody understands what's been objected to. The provision that was in the bill -- it’s been in there for two months -- everybody had a chance to read, came out of committee unanimously, no one objected to proceeding to it on the floor. I just offered the [minority] an opportunity for a simple up-or-down vote to strike the provision they recently discovered, and they've objected . . . .

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) told reporters, "This is a phantom excuse. I don't believe that Senate Democrats didn't read the legislation. I don't believe that their staff didn't catch this provision. I think this is more about politics."

Thanks to Democrats’ carelessness and desire to appease pro-abortion groups, the bill is stalled. Democrats would not accept the opportunity to vote on amendments to it and Dems are now saying they’ll filibuster this bipartisan bill that was uncontroversial last week and even earlier when it was voted unanimously out of the Judiciary Committee.

In an important story today, Politico examines how the Senate arrived at this point. Politico writes, “It’s a cause any politician would have a hard time opposing: cracking down on human trafficking. Instead, in a breakdown sensational even by Senate standards, a bill to address the issue is set to go down in a partisan firefight. The cause of the row? Democrats didn’t read the 68-page bill to discover its provisions dealing with abortion . . . . The spectacle has infuriated groups that advocate for cracking down on sex trafficking . . . .”

“‘What do you want me to tell you? We missed it!’ said Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) when asked why Democrats didn’t recognize the language this time.”

Apparently, Sen. Durbin had trouble finding provisions that were on pages 4 and 5 of the legislation.

The provision that Democrats are complaining about is hardly new or particularly controversial. As Politico notes, “The provision is essentially an expansion of the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits taxpayer funds from being used for abortions and is routinely included in spending bills. Provisions similar to the Hyde Amendment are included in other types of programs, such as the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.” . . .

“Indeed, Democrats appeared to have ample chances to spot the language. For example, the abortion language is on pages 4 and 5 of the bill. But when it came up in committee, the top Democrat, Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, offered an unrelated amendment on the same page — apparently not noticing the abortion provisions. The bill was approved unanimously by the judiciary panel. And on Monday, a full two weeks later with still no ire over the abortion language, Democrats agreed to move ahead.”

The crux of the problem is in this revealing passage of the Politico article: “[B]y Monday night, staffers for Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Senate Democratic leadership spotted the provision. And pro-abortion rights groups began putting heat on Democrats to oppose the legislation.”

And so, thanks to Democrats’ carelessness and desire to appease pro-abortion groups, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 is stalled. Democrats won’t accept the opportunity to vote on amendments to it and are now saying they’ll filibuster this bipartisan bill that was uncontroversial last week and even earlier when it was voted unanimously out of the Judiciary Committee.

As editor, this whole process by the Democrats appears to be another "slight of hand" trick to also keep the Senate in controversy and thus feed the news cycle in an effort to help diminish / mitigate negative press concerning topics like the Presidents actions with Iran, the FCC power grab, the scandal of former Democrat Secretary of State Hillary Clinton emails or a myriad of other other issues. While the Senate Democrats were in charge they even lowered voting thresholds and pushed the presidents, often less than stellar, nominees through, and they blocked reasonable funding programs and accountability oversight. And now that Democrats do not have the majority they rely on the honor of Republicans to NOT do the same thing.

Indeed, Senate Majority leader McConnell may have too much dignity and love for the Senate in the role of government to lower the 60 votes bar. But, it must be noted that American conservatives are tired of seeing Democrats abuse and run over the American people.

Regrading the above Trafficking bill, the American people are in debt up for years of future generations and yet they stands supportive to spend future generation's hard earned money to help fight Anti-Human Trafficking in other parts of the world. But today, we find the Democrats can think only about is using those tax dollars to fund abortions in other countries.

There is an Evil in this world and it isn't limited to terrorists and tyrants. And in our day, it appears to be a moving force among our own elected officials. May God have mercy on us!

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