Mitch McConnell Promises House Members He Won't Back Down in Supreme Court Fight

March 2, 2016
Good morning from Washington, where the Senate's top Republican pledges not to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. At the high court itself, Sarah Torre writes, the justices turn to an abortion case that grew out of a Philadelphia abortionist's murder trial. You'll remember the term "reinsurance" after reading Melissa Quinn's latest on an Obamacare scandal. Plus: A Republican governor vetoes a "bathroom bill," and a Texas congressman calls out the media on climate change.
News Mitch McConnell Promises House Members He Won't Back Down in Supreme Court Fight Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., summed up the closed-door appearance this way: "Mitch McConnell said to members, 'Read my lips: No new Supreme Court hearings until we have a new president.'" Read More
Commentary How Gosnell's Abortion 'House of Horrors' Led to Today's Supreme Court Case The details of the Kermit Gosnell case help explain why Texas and other states are requiring abortion facilities to meet the same basic cleanliness, safety, and staffing requirements as similar outpatient surgery facilities, and ensuring that doctors performing abortions can admit and care for patients in a hospital if something goes wrong. Read More
News Congress Plans Fight on Obama Administration's Illegal Diversion of $3.5 Billion to Insurers Republicans in both the House and the Senate say they plan to continue pressing the Obama administration on its decision to illegally divert $3.5 billion to insurance companies instead of the Treasury through Obamacare's transitional reinsurance program. Read More
News South Dakota Governor Vetoes Transgender Bathroom Bill Ryan T. Anderson, the William E. Simon fellow at The Heritage Foundation, called it "unfortunate" that the governor vetoed what he calls a "commonsense bill that protects the rights and interests of all students." Read More
Commentary Give the American People a Voice on the Next Supreme Court Justice Senate Republicans have vowed to block President Obama's Supreme Court nominee until after the voters decide in November who will serve as our next president. That's exactly what should happen. Watch the Video
Commentary The Inconvenient Facts the Media Ignore About Climate Change For example, the national media hyped NASA's finding that 2014 was the hottest year on record. Ignored was the footnote that revealed that NASA was only 38 percent certain this was accurate. Read More
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