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Senate rejects Blunt amendment to limit birth control mandate
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Mar 01, 2012 11:13am |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| Author | Josiah Ryan and Sam Baker |
| News Date | Thursday, March 1, 2012 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Senate voted 51-48 Thursday to kill a controversial amendment to weaken the Obama administration’s policy requiring employers to provide birth control to their employees.
The Senate voted to table the measure from Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), which would have let any employers opt out of health coverage mandates that violate their religious or moral beliefs.
Three Democrats voted with Republicans to table the amendment: Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Bob Casey (Pa.) and Ben Nelson (Neb.). Casey and Manchin are both up for reelection in 2012.
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), who announced Tuesday she would retire at the end of the Senate term, was the only Republican to vote in favor of tabling the amendment. |
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