\u201cIn a surprise move after hours of tumultuous negotiations, the House Rules Committee, very early Saturday morning, approved rules for debate on the pro-abortion health care bill. Although it appeared Speaker Nancy Pelosi would deny one, it allows a vote on an amendment to remove abortion funding.<\/p>\n
Pelosi’s hand appeared to have been forced when pro-abortion House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced earlier in the day that she did not have enough votes to pass the bill because of objections from pro-life Democrats.<\/p>\n
The committee okayed a Rule that allows the House to vote on the Stupak amendment, offered by pro-life Rep. Bart Stupak, a Michigan Democrat, to the health care reform legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read the full article here – http:\/\/www.lifenews.com\/nat5629.html<\/p>\n
Hey everyone,
\nAs you can see from above there is now going to be a vote on the Stupak-pitts amendment. An amendment that will actually stop abortion funding in the health care bill. It is important you call your member of the house and ask him\/her for a \u201cyes\u201d vote on the Stupak amendment. You can find out who your representatives are by going here – http:\/\/www3.capwiz.com\/afanet\/dbq\/officials\/ Just type in your zip code and it will give you their numbers.<\/p>\n
I just called mine today. I actually tried calling my representative and my senators this morning at both their local and Washington offices. When I first tried 5 of the mailboxes were full and the sixth one wouldn\u2019t go through. I tried again this afternoon and finally got through to my representative at his Washington office. If you\u2019re nervous about calling and have never done anything like that before, or maybe you don\u2019t really understand all the political talk DON\u2019T LET THAT STOP YOU FROM CALLING!! It\u2019s really easy, I\u2019ll explain everything you need to know. It\u2019s your representative\u2019s job to represent you before congress!! How can they represent you if they don\u2019t know what your opinions are? All you do is this – after you call the number you\u2019ll get a message telling you that you\u2019ve reached so in so\u2019s office. The message will ask you to leave your name and number and a message. When it beeps just leave a message saying, \u201cI would like to ask representative __________ to vote \u201cyes\u201d on the Stupak-pitts amendment, and that they would use the full weight of their influence and position to ensure that federal dollars are NEVER used to fund abortions.\u201d OR whatever you want to say. If a live person answers they\u2019ll say, \u201c__________\u2019s office how can I help you?\u201d And just tell them that you want to leave a message for your representative requesting a yes vote on the Stupak amendment, and that they would do everything in their power to protect the sanctity of life and keep abortion funding out of the health care bill. And then they\u2019ll tell you thank you for calling and let you know that they\u2019ll pass the message along.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s it. Simple as calling your best friend and leaving a message. No debating, no complicated questions, just leaving a message. Super simple. No reason every single one of you can\u2019t call. And you pronounce Stupak \u201cStew pack\u201d in case you were worried about that. Lol. Cuz I know some of you probably were, cuz I was. I didn\u2019t want to sound like an ignorant kid that didn\u2019t know how to pronounce the man\u2019s name. And if you have any other questions I would be more than happy to answer them.<\/p>\n
Also, I have to vent for a minute and say that it REALLY bothers me when people my age, young adults (I\u2018m 23), ignore events like this and just assume the older generation will deal with it. 1 Timothy 4:12 says \u201cDon’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.\u201d We\u2019re supposed to be LEADING this fight! Don\u2019t just tune out every time you hear something political. Be involved in your world. God gave you a voice! Don\u2019t squander that gift by refusing to use it for His glory! Don\u2019t you remember the parable of the talents? Matthew 25:29 \u201cFor everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance.\u201c God is a VERY wise investor, and those who yield a high return and use the \u201ctalents\u201d that he has given them He will give more too. If you use your voice and influence for Him than He will be sure to give you more influence and a more impactful voice. People have said to me, \u201cbut really, what difference is my one phone call going to make?\u201d But I say to that Matthew 25:21 \u201cHe who is faithful with little will be faithful with much.\u201d If you will use your voice even when you think it\u2019s unimportant and won\u2019t make a difference, than God will bring you to a place where your voice does make a difference. When He sees that you will be faithful with what you currently have He will give you more. Every person really does count and make a difference.<\/p>\n
And even if the bill still passes with abortion funding in it at least we will know that the blood of the innocent is not on our hands. That we did everything in our power to stop it, that we raised our voices in opposition. That we refused to let those babies die without a fight. I would rather fail while daring greatly than join those with \u201ccold and timid souls who have never known neither victory or defeat.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly\u2026who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never known neither victory or defeat.\u201d
\n-Teddy Roosevelt<\/p>\n
Which group will you be in? The critic or the one in the arena?<\/p>\n
Living to\u00a0touch God’s\u00a0heart \u201cIn a surprise move after hours of tumultuous negotiations, the House Rules Committee, very early Saturday morning, approved rules for debate on the pro-abortion health care bill. Although it appeared Speaker Nancy Pelosi would deny one, it allows a vote on an amendment to remove abortion funding. Pelosi’s hand appeared to have been forced when […]<\/p>\nRead More Parable of the talents. Use your voice to receive promotion.<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,1],"tags":[92,14,44,16,56,216,217],"class_list":{"0":"post-431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-blast-archive","8":"category-uncategorized","9":"tag-abortion","10":"tag-chris-ulery","11":"tag-christopher-ray-ulery","12":"tag-christopher-ulery","13":"tag-facebook","14":"tag-health-care-reform","15":"tag-stupak-amendment","17":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/divine-romance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Backgroundheader3.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p94i1z-6X","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/divine-romance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/divine-romance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/divine-romance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine-romance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine-romance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/divine-romance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1895,"href":"https:\/\/divine-romance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions\/1895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine-romance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/divine-romance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine-romance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/divine-romance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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