The issue of federal funding for abortion threatens to derail final passage of a health care bill All sides claim the same goal Extending the logic of the Hyde Amendment which bans federal funds from covering abortions in any current government insurance program to the newly configured exchanges

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Paragraph 1 15 of the devastating Murphy Commission s report into the cover-up of clerical sex abuse of minors by bishops says it all The Dublin Archdiocese s pre-occupations in dealing with cases of child sexual abuse at least until the mid 1990s were the maintenance of secrecy the avoidance of

It is one of the strengths of our political system that Congress frequently exhibits a healthy skepticism of presidential claims That is the balance of powers in action And after eight years of George W Bush rsquo s particular brand of salesmanship when it comes to war fighting Congress can be

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