HEALTH CARE REFORM : RELIGION: CHRISTIAN: CATHOLIC CHURCH : POLITICS: Catholic Church Emerges as Key Player in Legislative Battle
David P. Dillard
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HEALTH CARE REFORM :
RELIGION: CHRISTIAN:
CATHOLIC CHURCH :
POLITICS:
Catholic Church Emerges as Key Player in Legislative Battle
Catholic Church Emerges as Key Player in Legislative Battle
By PETER WALLSTEN
NOVEMBER 10, 2009
Wall Street Journal
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125781425786840005.html>
Injecting itself aggressively into the health-care debate, the Roman
Catholic Church in America has emerged as a major political force with the
potential to upend a key piece of President Barack Obama's agenda.
Behind-the-scenes lobbying, coupled with a grassroots mobilization of
Catholic churches across the country, led the House Saturday to pass an
amendment to its health-care bill barring anyone who receives a new tax
credit from enrolling in a plan that covers abortion, a once-unthinkable
event in Democrat-dominated Washington.
The restriction would still have to be accepted by the Senate, where it
will likely face a tough fight. The issue could sink the larger health
legislation if the chambers fail to reach agreement, or if any consensus
language leads supporters to defect.
The House vote, and the central role played by one of the country's
biggest religious denominations, stunned abortion-rights groups that had
worked hard to elect Mr. Obama and expand Democratic congressional
majorities. Activists on the left had thought social issues would take a
back seat to economic concerns.
The bishops' success served as a reminder that Democrats' strategy over
the past two election cycles of recruiting more conservative candidates to
run in competitive House and Senate seats can have unwelcome policy
consequences for liberals among the party's base.
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