Thursday, January 12, 2023

GET ME REWRITE: GOP House members fight crime and inflation by passing bill subjecting some abortion doctors to prosecution

 
Top headline:  NBC, 10/18/2022
Bottom headline:  New York Times, 1/11/2023
The measure, the second policy bill Republicans have brought to the floor since taking control, has no chance of passage in the Democratic-controlled Senate. Its consideration was an early effort by the G.O.P. to appeal to its conservative base, which has made opposition to abortion rights a litmus test, without alienating a broader group of more moderate voters that recoiled last year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, helping Democrats hold off an expected red wave.

According to Merriam-Webster, the first known use of 'litmus test', as in being under obligation for a favor or gift : INDEBTED, occurred in 1913.

  • blooey
  • duck-billed dinosaur
  • fud
  • lunatic fringe
  • nongenital
  • overobvious
  • tragic flaw

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