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The problem, according to housing rights activists, is that today nearly all discrimination is not so obvious, and therefore most fair housing cases rely on the disparate-impact interpretation.

On January 22 2015 07:33 coverpunch wrote:

You're talking about one major upset in an otherwise stellar election for Republicans. Besides party bosses, I don't think Rand can handle the limelight of national politics and being a leader rather than a critic. As lots of candidates found out in 2012, it's easy to complain about politics as usual and things not going better. It's much harder to convince people you can do anything about it. Nobody's buying hope and change as substitutes for policies any more and especially not from Republicans.

On January 22 2015 09:39 Danglars wrote:
I don't know how much the Republican leadership matters these days. I can't count how many candidates ran and won in the 2014 midterms condemning the tepid response from leadership on Obamacare and immigration. Putting distance between their campaigns and the leadership was their intent and it was successful.

Now, the media narrative and Democratic politicians would have you believe the opposition are just complainers. The leadership, for their part, have surrendered the chance to loudly voice the alternatives and lead the charge. Any path to swift recovery necessarily stops the poison of ACA from ruining the quality and availability of medical care that still remains. Yet, you can't talk about this first step without the bandwagon pouncing with the usual lines. As the winning crop of 2014 candidates showed, Americans are ready for the alternative and they tossed out Democrats in droves. The mandate is to stop this president's destructive policies and start afresh.

On January 22 2015 10:24 IgnE wrote:
I don't know that he's living in the same world as the rest of us. I wonder what his reaction will be when Hillary wins in 2016.

Does Vegas have odds on the next president? I would probably take up to 1:1 odds that Hillary wins and I never bet on anything.

Stop reading if you've heard this before: House Republicans had to make late-night, last-minute changes to a piece of legislation that they thought would pass easily.

This time, the disagreement was over rape and abortion.

Republican leadership late Wednesday evening had to completely drop its plans to pass a bill that bans abortions after 20 weeks, and is reverting to old legislation that prohibits taxpayer funding of abortions.

The evening switch comes after a revolt from a large swath of female members of Congress, who were concerned about language that said rape victims would not be able to get abortions unless they reported the incident to authorities.

The new legislation doesn't stand a chance to become law, but House Republican leadership wants to have some sort of pro-life bill on the floor Thursday when the anti-abortion March for Life comes to Washington.

The House Rules Committee will convene at 9 p.m. to chart the course for the legislation. It will not become law with President Barack Obama in the White House.

It’s easy to observe that House Republicans have trouble legislating —and there’s ample evidence to point one to that conclusion. Another view, espoused by sympathetic lawmakers and others in GOP leadership, is that the players on the top rungs of the House Republican Conference are paying more mind to moderate voices within the party. It’s too early to label it a trend.

The House leaves for the week Thursday after it passes this bill.

The original legislation was ran into headwinds over the last few weeks. The crux of the complaints had to do with rape. The legislation allowed for abortions in the case of rape —but only if the victim reported the incident to police. Dissenters said Republicans were wrong to introduce divisive social issues into the political debate, and many women took offense to the language that required victims report rapes.

Republicans said they would’ve been able to pass the bill even if they had not changed it, but scores of women would’ve likely voted against it. And, furthermore, Republicans ran the risk of appearing like they were ignoring the will of women in the conference.

On January 22 2015 10:24 IgnE wrote:
I don't know that he's living in the same world as the rest of us. I wonder what his reaction will be when Hillary wins in 2016.

Does Vegas have odds on the next president? I would probably take up to 1:1 odds that Hillary wins and I never bet on anything.

On January 22 2015 12:15 Danglars wrote:

If I get to vote for a conservative in the general election as soon as 2016, I'll be ecstatic. If she runs against and beats another wimp that my party puts up, it's ho hum have a beer. She was far left with Hillarycare back in the day, but now I guess the sum total of her other stances are what's called centrist now. Warren's got the new leftist shine that once graced Howard Dean and I hope she runs for my own personal enjoyment.

The original legislation was ran into headwinds over the last few weeks. The crux of the complaints had to do with rape. The legislation allowed for abortions in the case of rape —but only if the victim reported the incident to police. Dissenters said Republicans were wrong to introduce divisive social issues into the political debate, and many women took offense to the language that required victims report rapes.

Republicans said they would’ve been able to pass the bill even if they had not changed it, but scores of women would’ve likely voted against it. And, furthermore, Republicans ran the risk of appearing like they were ignoring the will of women in the conference.

On January 22 2015 13:25 oneofthem wrote:
this current circus of republicans don't care about policy. they don't even care about policy objectives.

On January 22 2015 16:12 ticklishmusic wrote:


heck they dont even know what a policy objective is

On January 22 2015 17:23 coverpunch wrote:

Funny thing is, they WON the last election, so the Democrats are even worse...

On January 22 2015 17:23 coverpunch wrote:

Funny thing is, they WON the last election, so the Democrats are even worse...