I am sensing a subliminal message in the text......
bribed jury? more nonsense....
*does a double take*
If you placate someone by offering them something in return, that's not really arm twisting. Arm twisting is when you threaten someone with something to vote in a certain way. For example "If you vote for health care, we're gonna practically boot you out of the party"
So would the Dems
Or, "if you don't vote for the bill, we won't support you in your next re-election campaign."
Indeed. But it's rather pathetic when one must do this to one's own party members! Usually this is done to achieve bi-partisan support, not to convince your own members.Being offered what you consider to be a reasonable deal in return for you vote? Yeah, that's politics. It's messy, and it frequently doesn't represent the best interests of the constituents, but don't try and pretend that this isn't how our system has worked for decades.
So would the Dems
Indeed. No funding to go to an abortion clinic directly. However, and this was the problem all along, federal tax money is to supplement those who cannot afford the premiums. These premiums can buy insurance policies which do cover abortions. Hence, taxes & therefore federal money can go to fund abortions.
No one is questioning the "legality" of the bill per se. Some are questioning the constitutionality of the bill, i.e. congress' power to force, or mandate, all people to buy insurance. With the only qualification of being a "person" is you breath and sit on your couch (not you personally, but 'you' in general).
