Health Care

Arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby is pursuing a lawsuit against the Obama administration’s birth-control mandate and they have the backing of a few prominent Republican lawmakers.  The GOP is at it yet again -- trying to limit access to birth control. 

The swearing in parties are over, and now it’s time for Congress to get to work.
 
Here are some examples of the 131 bills that were introduced in the first hours of the 113th Congress:
 

This is from an email Senator Jeanne Shaheen sent to the EMILY's List community 11/29/12

Every day, more than 400,000 servicewomen risk their lives in defense of our country and our ideals. For that, they should be honored.

It’s a big day in presidential politics. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has chosen Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate. The Vice President pick says a lot about a nominee’s legislative priorities, and with Ryan joining Romney on the ticket, we think there are a few things you should know.

I’m writing this near the end of a long day on the road. I’ve been through three states in the last six days, meeting with candidates, supporters, voters – and today really feels like the “best of times and the worst of times” for the women who make up our EMILY’s List community. 

On Monday, Republican Congressman David Dreier said, during a House Rules Committee debate, that he thinks someone who is diagnosed with a brain tumor should not have access to health care. He said:

The U.S. Supreme Court just ruled the core of the Affordable Care Act to be constitutional, and I could not be more relieved for my own family and for the millions of Americans who cannot afford health insurance. 

You see, after 25 years as an attorney, community activist and advocate for New Hampshire families, the word that best describes me is Mom.

We were shocked to watch Republican members of Congress attempt to silence members of the Democratic Women's Caucus as they spoke on the House floor this Saturday. But as frustrating as it was to watch, it must have been even more maddening for the women members who couldn't finish a sentence.

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