Every single time when I think they can't sink any further, they prove me wrong. Last week it was health care funding for 9/11 first responders, this week it was even worse. What is up with these people and what is up with the people who voted to put them in office?
Completely unbelievable.
From HuffPo...
On Thursday, the House took up the International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2010. The bill [which was six years in the making] would ensure that child marriage is recognized as a human rights violation, and develop comprehensive strategies to prevent such marriages around the world.
The legislation seemed likely to garner strong bipartisan support in Congress, and in the Senate, it did. But last night, the bill was voted down in the House by Republicans who argued the bill is too costly and could lead to increased abortions -- gripes the measure's supporters say have no basis in reality and are just excuses to kill the popular bill.
It was even too much for one of their fellow Republicans to bear...
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