Congressional Weirdness

So the house is considering House Resolution 747 (H. R. 748), the "Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act," which is designed to make it more difficult to cross state lines to get an abortion. (via dr. b)

This is a stupid bill, but Rep. Louise Slaughter @ DailyKos points us to something even weirder. The Republicans on the committee renamed all the democratic amendments to the bill, giving them titles like "The Child Predator Protection Amendment". They also changed the summaries of the amendments to distort their content. Here is the video of Slaughter describing the events on the house floor. (Via Maura in VA on the B.Ph.D comment board).

I suppose in adding my two cents I should say something about cheapening political discourse, but as someone who came into political consciosness listening to "California Uber Alles" by the DK's, I'm not really in a position to complain about such things. I do, however, think there is a difference between jokes on the internet and in highly satirical artwork and distorting the legistlative process. Honestly, this all just seems fucked up to me.


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Here is Naral's summary of the bill. Here is where you can email your representative.