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GOP Refuses to Allow Broadcast of House Democrats' Contraception Hearing

Seeded on Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:13 PM EST
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Seeded by Robert Bartholomew
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When House Republicans invited an all-male panel to discuss why religious institutions oppose giving their female employees access to reproductive health products, Democrats proposed a single female witness, who was promptly denied.

In response, Democrats are planning their own contraceptives hearing — but the problem is, Republicans will not let them use House equipment to film the hearing for broadcast on C-SPAN or anywhere else.

That’s according to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) aides, who told Politico reporter Jennifer Haberkorn that the House recording studio denied Democrats’ request on orders from Republicans on the Committee on House Administration.

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Robert Bartholomew

What would be the point? Every white male Republican knows complicated issues like women's contraception rights is too complicated an issue for women to understand. And they shouldn't worry their little heads over important issues that only men understand.

Go back to the kitchen and bake a pie of something. We'll let you know when you can come out.

F$%king GOP! How do they even begin to pretend to give a crap about individual liberties, or caring one iota about being "fair and balanced"?!

  • 13 votes
Reply#1 - Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:18 PM EST
hard2port

Teapublican transparency. Besides, all that talk about women's.....uh,....er,....you know, down there.......on TV! /s

  • 2 votes
#1.1 - Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:45 PM EST
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sky dog

By my count, this is the third time in 4 months that the republicans have pulled the media plug on House proceedings so as to deny opposition opinion from being aired. Seems to me we're already in an age of censorship by the government, in this case assignable to no-one else but the republicans. The House needs new, non-controvertible rules on video broadcast that will stop this sort of heavy-handed manipulation.

  • 9 votes
Reply#2 - Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:40 PM EST
petridishofideas

IF the Dems ever did this, YOU know the scum of the reich trash party would actuallyy be up in arms. @!$%#ing hypocritical bastards!!!!!!

  • 7 votes
#2.1 - Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:46 PM EST
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echo82

What are the Republicans so afraid of?

  • 4 votes
Reply#3 - Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:33 PM EST
mike the vet

Dems and women poking a finger in their eye,or a fist you know it's always embarrassing to get a black eye for being ignorant.

  • 4 votes
#3.1 - Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:46 PM EST
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Monkey99

It should be clear to everyone the GOP just have to have a way to hide their hypocrisy.

It's getting harder and harder for them......what with it sticking out everywhere....pockets, cuffs. collars.....heck, some are even now, puking it up all over the place.

Why, that pesky hypocrisy! Like a stubborn stain...Just can't get it out!

No one bothered to tell them that if they just stop commiting it, it would go away.....

  • 2 votes
Reply#5 - Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:55 PM EST
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