Fox reports that in the House, "Every Democrat except Rep. Henry Cuellar" voted for the Women's Health Protection Act that would enshrine Roe nationally.
Meanwhile, conservative Democrat Rep. Kurt Schrader, the "Joe Manchin of the House," called the Hyde Amendment that bars the use of federal funds to pay for abortion “a good balance" for a "diversity of views." And a past president of the National Organization for Women warns "A vote for Kurt Schrader is a vote against women's ability to realistically make their own life choices."
In these painful times, it's sometimes hard to know what we can do. But one thing is easy. In just 2 weeks, bold progressive Jamie McLeod-Skinner has a chance to unseat Schrader in Oregon's Democratic primary -- and a week later Jessica Cisneros goes up against Cuellar in a tight runoff in Texas.
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Cuellar's issues are not limited to Roe. Cuellar also opposed the Democratic economic agenda. He's under FBI investigation. He's horrible. And his campaign is being propped up by none other than Joe Manchin’s PAC.
And Schrader's no better. ABC News reports that "Schrader opposed a $15 minimum wage and a proposal to contain prescription drug prices, and he initially voted against last year’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill." He even likened the Trump impeachment trial for Jan 6 to a "lynching."
Moments ago, Jessica Cisneros said on Twitter, "I'll always stand for our health care and the right to choose. In 21 days, Cuellar and I will face off in the Democratic runoff. Let’s defeat the last anti-choice Democrat in the US House. #TX28"
And Jamie tweeted today: "In Congress, I will fight to make sure abortion rights are codified into federal law."
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