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		<title>Bittersweet celebration as Mass. Senate passes &#8216;Christian&#8217;s Bill&#8217; &#8211; NECN</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bittersweet celebration as Mass. Senate passes &#39;Christian&#39;s Bill&#39;NECNThe Massachusetts State Senate passed Christian&#39;s Bill; it is named after 4-year-old Christian Frechette of Sturbridge, Mass. Christian drown while attending a local summer camp in July 2007. Christian&#39;s Bill would require summer caps to have Coast &#8230;and more&#160;&#187; View full post on christian &#8211; Google News]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Says No to &#8216;Buffett Rule;&#8217; Obama Says Yes to &#8216;Romney Rule&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, the full Senate handed President Obama a defeat by not being able to produce 60 votes to bring what has been termed the &#8220;Buffett Rule,&#8221; which would increase taxes on seven-figure incomes, to the Senate floor. But what Obama took away was a hammer big enough to hit Mitt Romney on his reluctance [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On Monday, the full Senate handed President Obama a defeat by not being able to produce 60 votes to bring what has been termed the &#8220;Buffett Rule,&#8221; which would increase taxes on seven-figure incomes, to the Senate floor. But what Obama took away was a hammer big enough to hit Mitt Romney on his reluctance to disclose years of tax returns and answer questions about complicated investment strategies.</p>
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		<title>Ariz. Senate Passes Bill Allowing Bible Classes in Public Schools</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arizona State Senate has passed a bill that allows school districts to create a high school elective course that would focus on the Bible and its influence on Western Civilization. View full post on Christianpost.com > Most Popular]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Arizona State Senate has passed a bill that allows school districts to create a high school elective course that would focus on the Bible and its influence on Western Civilization.</p>
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		<title>Arizona Bill Banning Late-Term Abortions Passes Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona&#8217;s tight abortion policies are set to be tightened ever more as lawmakers in the state Senate voted 20-10 this week in favor of banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The bill still needs to be approved in the House and signed by Gov. Jan Brewer before becoming law. View full post on Christianpost.com [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Arizona&#8217;s tight abortion policies are set to be tightened ever more as lawmakers in the state Senate voted 20-10 this week in favor of banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The bill still needs to be approved in the House and signed by Gov. Jan Brewer before becoming law.</p>
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		<title>Senate Rejects Conscience Clause Change to Contraception Rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage. The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage.</p>
<div style="float: right; padding-left: 10px;"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L.jpg"><img src="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L-thumb.jpg" width="350" height="233" alt="Contraception_L.jpg"/></a></div>
<p>   The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill.</p>
<p>   Blunt and other Republicans had argued that the measure would protect the religious liberty of institutions such as Catholic charities and hospitals that object to contraception on moral grounds.</p>
<p>   &#8220;It&#8217;s not just the Catholic Church,&#8221; Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said during the floor debate on Thursday. &#8220;It&#8217;s a moral and religious issue that should not be interfered with by the federal government.&#8221;</p>
<p>   In February, the Obama administration proposed a revision whereby insurers, not religious institutions, could provide contraception services to employees.</p>
<p class="extended"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/2012/03/senate_rejects_2.html">Continue reading &#8230;</a></p>
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		<title>Senate Rejects Conscience Clause Change to Contraception Rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage. The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage.</p>
<div style="float: right; padding-left: 10px;"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L.jpg"><img src="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L-thumb.jpg" width="350" height="233" alt="Contraception_L.jpg"/></a></div>
<p>   The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill.</p>
<p>   Blunt and other Republicans had argued that the measure would protect the religious liberty of institutions such as Catholic charities and hospitals that object to contraception on moral grounds.</p>
<p>   &#8220;It&#8217;s not just the Catholic Church,&#8221; Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said during the floor debate on Thursday. &#8220;It&#8217;s a moral and religious issue that should not be interfered with by the federal government.&#8221;</p>
<p>   In February, the Obama administration proposed a revision whereby insurers, not religious institutions, could provide contraception services to employees.</p>
<p class="extended"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/2012/03/senate_rejects_2.html">Continue reading &#8230;</a></p>
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		<title>Senate Rejects Conscience Clause Change to Contraception Rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage.</p>
<div style="float: right; padding-left: 10px;"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L.jpg"><img src="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L-thumb.jpg" width="350" height="233" alt="Contraception_L.jpg"/></a></div>
<p>   The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill.</p>
<p>   Blunt and other Republicans had argued that the measure would protect the religious liberty of institutions such as Catholic charities and hospitals that object to contraception on moral grounds.</p>
<p>   &#8220;It&#8217;s not just the Catholic Church,&#8221; Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said during the floor debate on Thursday. &#8220;It&#8217;s a moral and religious issue that should not be interfered with by the federal government.&#8221;</p>
<p>   In February, the Obama administration proposed a revision whereby insurers, not religious institutions, could provide contraception services to employees.</p>
<p class="extended"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/2012/03/senate_rejects_2.html">Continue reading &#8230;</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage.</p>
<div style="float: right; padding-left: 10px;"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L.jpg"><img src="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L-thumb.jpg" width="350" height="233" alt="Contraception_L.jpg"/></a></div>
<p>   The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill.</p>
<p>   Blunt and other Republicans had argued that the measure would protect the religious liberty of institutions such as Catholic charities and hospitals that object to contraception on moral grounds.</p>
<p>   &#8220;It&#8217;s not just the Catholic Church,&#8221; Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said during the floor debate on Thursday. &#8220;It&#8217;s a moral and religious issue that should not be interfered with by the federal government.&#8221;</p>
<p>   In February, the Obama administration proposed a revision whereby insurers, not religious institutions, could provide contraception services to employees.</p>
<p class="extended"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/2012/03/senate_rejects_2.html">Continue reading &#8230;</a></p>
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		<title>Senate Rejects Conscience Clause Change to Contraception Rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage.</p>
<div style="float: right; padding-left: 10px;"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L.jpg"><img src="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L-thumb.jpg" width="350" height="233" alt="Contraception_L.jpg"/></a></div>
<p>   The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill.</p>
<p>   Blunt and other Republicans had argued that the measure would protect the religious liberty of institutions such as Catholic charities and hospitals that object to contraception on moral grounds.</p>
<p>   &#8220;It&#8217;s not just the Catholic Church,&#8221; Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said during the floor debate on Thursday. &#8220;It&#8217;s a moral and religious issue that should not be interfered with by the federal government.&#8221;</p>
<p>   In February, the Obama administration proposed a revision whereby insurers, not religious institutions, could provide contraception services to employees.</p>
<p class="extended"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/2012/03/senate_rejects_2.html">Continue reading &#8230;</a></p>
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		<title>Senate Rejects Conscience Clause Change to Contraception Rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage. The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage.</p>
<div style="float: right; padding-left: 10px;"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L.jpg"><img src="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L-thumb.jpg" width="350" height="233" alt="Contraception_L.jpg"/></a></div>
<p>   The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill.</p>
<p>   Blunt and other Republicans had argued that the measure would protect the religious liberty of institutions such as Catholic charities and hospitals that object to contraception on moral grounds.</p>
<p>   &#8220;It&#8217;s not just the Catholic Church,&#8221; Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said during the floor debate on Thursday. &#8220;It&#8217;s a moral and religious issue that should not be interfered with by the federal government.&#8221;</p>
<p>   In February, the Obama administration proposed a revision whereby insurers, not religious institutions, could provide contraception services to employees.</p>
<p class="extended"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/2012/03/senate_rejects_2.html">Continue reading &#8230;</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage.</p>
<div style="float: right; padding-left: 10px;"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L.jpg"><img src="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L-thumb.jpg" width="350" height="233" alt="Contraception_L.jpg"/></a></div>
<p>   The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill.</p>
<p>   Blunt and other Republicans had argued that the measure would protect the religious liberty of institutions such as Catholic charities and hospitals that object to contraception on moral grounds.</p>
<p>   &#8220;It&#8217;s not just the Catholic Church,&#8221; Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said during the floor debate on Thursday. &#8220;It&#8217;s a moral and religious issue that should not be interfered with by the federal government.&#8221;</p>
<p>   In February, the Obama administration proposed a revision whereby insurers, not religious institutions, could provide contraception services to employees.</p>
<p class="extended"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/2012/03/senate_rejects_2.html">Continue reading &#8230;</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 04:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage.</p>
<div style="float: right; padding-left: 10px;"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L.jpg"><img src="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L-thumb.jpg" width="350" height="233" alt="Contraception_L.jpg"/></a></div>
<p>   The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill.</p>
<p>   Blunt and other Republicans had argued that the measure would protect the religious liberty of institutions such as Catholic charities and hospitals that object to contraception on moral grounds.</p>
<p>   &#8220;It&#8217;s not just the Catholic Church,&#8221; Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said during the floor debate on Thursday. &#8220;It&#8217;s a moral and religious issue that should not be interfered with by the federal government.&#8221;</p>
<p>   In February, the Obama administration proposed a revision whereby insurers, not religious institutions, could provide contraception services to employees.</p>
<p class="extended"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/2012/03/senate_rejects_2.html">Continue reading &#8230;</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 02:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage.</p>
<div style="float: right; padding-left: 10px;"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L.jpg"><img src="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L-thumb.jpg" width="350" height="233" alt="Contraception_L.jpg"/></a></div>
<p>   The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill.</p>
<p>   Blunt and other Republicans had argued that the measure would protect the religious liberty of institutions such as Catholic charities and hospitals that object to contraception on moral grounds.</p>
<p>   &#8220;It&#8217;s not just the Catholic Church,&#8221; Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said during the floor debate on Thursday. &#8220;It&#8217;s a moral and religious issue that should not be interfered with by the federal government.&#8221;</p>
<p>   In February, the Obama administration proposed a revision whereby insurers, not religious institutions, could provide contraception services to employees.</p>
<p class="extended"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/2012/03/senate_rejects_2.html">Continue reading &#8230;</a></p>
<p> 			<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/christianitytoday/ctpolitics/~4/D7lZOFZ7VyI" height="1" width="1"/></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage.</p>
<div style="float: right; padding-left: 10px;"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L.jpg"><img src="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L-thumb.jpg" width="350" height="233" alt="Contraception_L.jpg"/></a></div>
<p>   The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill.</p>
<p>   Blunt and other Republicans had argued that the measure would protect the religious liberty of institutions such as Catholic charities and hospitals that object to contraception on moral grounds.</p>
<p>   &#8220;It&#8217;s not just the Catholic Church,&#8221; Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said during the floor debate on Thursday. &#8220;It&#8217;s a moral and religious issue that should not be interfered with by the federal government.&#8221;</p>
<p>   In February, the Obama administration proposed a revision whereby insurers, not religious institutions, could provide contraception services to employees.</p>
<p class="extended"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/2012/03/senate_rejects_2.html">Continue reading &#8230;</a></p>
<p> 			<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/christianitytoday/ctpolitics/~4/D7lZOFZ7VyI" height="1" width="1"/></p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage.</p>
<div style="float: right; padding-left: 10px;"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L.jpg"><img src="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L-thumb.jpg" width="350" height="233" alt="Contraception_L.jpg"/></a></div>
<p>   The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill.</p>
<p>   Blunt and other Republicans had argued that the measure would protect the religious liberty of institutions such as Catholic charities and hospitals that object to contraception on moral grounds.</p>
<p>   &#8220;It&#8217;s not just the Catholic Church,&#8221; Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said during the floor debate on Thursday. &#8220;It&#8217;s a moral and religious issue that should not be interfered with by the federal government.&#8221;</p>
<p>   In February, the Obama administration proposed a revision whereby insurers, not religious institutions, could provide contraception services to employees.</p>
<p class="extended"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/2012/03/senate_rejects_2.html">Continue reading &#8230;</a></p>
<p> 			<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/christianitytoday/ctpolitics/~4/D7lZOFZ7VyI" height="1" width="1"/></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage.</p>
<div style="float: right; padding-left: 10px;"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L.jpg"><img src="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L-thumb.jpg" width="350" height="233" alt="Contraception_L.jpg"/></a></div>
<p>   The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill.</p>
<p>   Blunt and other Republicans had argued that the measure would protect the religious liberty of institutions such as Catholic charities and hospitals that object to contraception on moral grounds.</p>
<p>   &#8220;It&#8217;s not just the Catholic Church,&#8221; Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said during the floor debate on Thursday. &#8220;It&#8217;s a moral and religious issue that should not be interfered with by the federal government.&#8221;</p>
<p>   In February, the Obama administration proposed a revision whereby insurers, not religious institutions, could provide contraception services to employees.</p>
<p class="extended"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/2012/03/senate_rejects_2.html">Continue reading &#8230;</a></p>
<p> 			<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/christianitytoday/ctpolitics/~4/D7lZOFZ7VyI" height="1" width="1"/></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage. The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage.</p>
<div style="float: right; padding-left: 10px;"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L.jpg"><img src="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L-thumb.jpg" width="350" height="233" alt="Contraception_L.jpg"/></a></div>
<p>   The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill.</p>
<p>   Blunt and other Republicans had argued that the measure would protect the religious liberty of institutions such as Catholic charities and hospitals that object to contraception on moral grounds.</p>
<p>   &#8220;It&#8217;s not just the Catholic Church,&#8221; Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said during the floor debate on Thursday. &#8220;It&#8217;s a moral and religious issue that should not be interfered with by the federal government.&#8221;</p>
<p>   In February, the Obama administration proposed a revision whereby insurers, not religious institutions, could provide contraception services to employees.</p>
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		<title>Senate Rejects Conscience Clause Change to Contraception Rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage. The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage.</p>
<div style="float: right; padding-left: 10px;"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L.jpg"><img src="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L-thumb.jpg" width="350" height="233" alt="Contraception_L.jpg"/></a></div>
<p>   The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill.</p>
<p>   Blunt and other Republicans had argued that the measure would protect the religious liberty of institutions such as Catholic charities and hospitals that object to contraception on moral grounds.</p>
<p>   &#8220;It&#8217;s not just the Catholic Church,&#8221; Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said during the floor debate on Thursday. &#8220;It&#8217;s a moral and religious issue that should not be interfered with by the federal government.&#8221;</p>
<p>   In February, the Obama administration proposed a revision whereby insurers, not religious institutions, could provide contraception services to employees.</p>
<p class="extended"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/2012/03/senate_rejects_2.html">Continue reading &#8230;</a></p>
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		<title>Senate Rejects Conscience Clause Change to Contraception Rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage. The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage.</p>
<div style="float: right; padding-left: 10px;"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L.jpg"><img src="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L-thumb.jpg" width="350" height="233" alt="Contraception_L.jpg"/></a></div>
<p>   The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill.</p>
<p>   Blunt and other Republicans had argued that the measure would protect the religious liberty of institutions such as Catholic charities and hospitals that object to contraception on moral grounds.</p>
<p>   &#8220;It&#8217;s not just the Catholic Church,&#8221; Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said during the floor debate on Thursday. &#8220;It&#8217;s a moral and religious issue that should not be interfered with by the federal government.&#8221;</p>
<p>   In February, the Obama administration proposed a revision whereby insurers, not religious institutions, could provide contraception services to employees.</p>
<p class="extended"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/2012/03/senate_rejects_2.html">Continue reading &#8230;</a></p>
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		<title>Senate Rejects Conscience Clause Change to Contraception Rule</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage. The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Senate on Thursday defeated a Republican-led bid to insert a broad religious exemption into a federal mandate that requires most employers and health insurance companies to provide free contraception coverage.</p>
<div style="float: right; padding-left: 10px;"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L.jpg"><img src="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/upload/2012/03/Contraception_L-thumb.jpg" width="350" height="233" alt="Contraception_L.jpg"/></a></div>
<p>   The largely party-line vote was 51-48 in favor of tabling an amendment that Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., had offered to a federal transportation bill.</p>
<p>   Blunt and other Republicans had argued that the measure would protect the religious liberty of institutions such as Catholic charities and hospitals that object to contraception on moral grounds.</p>
<p>   &#8220;It&#8217;s not just the Catholic Church,&#8221; Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said during the floor debate on Thursday. &#8220;It&#8217;s a moral and religious issue that should not be interfered with by the federal government.&#8221;</p>
<p>   In February, the Obama administration proposed a revision whereby insurers, not religious institutions, could provide contraception services to employees.</p>
<p class="extended"><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctpolitics/2012/03/senate_rejects_2.html">Continue reading &#8230;</a></p>
<p> 			<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/christianitytoday/ctpolitics/~4/D7lZOFZ7VyI" height="1" width="1"/></p>
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