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Republican-Majority South Carolina Senate votes to continue Abortion-Funding in State Health Insurance Plan by 24 – 17 vote
FOR RELEASE: Thursday, April 29, 2010
FOR FURTHER INFO: Contact, Steve Lefemine, dir., Columbia Christians for Life, Columbia, SC; (803) 794-6273
www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net, Home and “RTL Act of SC” page
[COLUMBIA] – Wednesday, April 28, 2010, the Republican-majority South Carolina Senate refused to restore a state budget amendment banning all abortion-funding for rape and incest abortions, and banning all abortion-funding for life of the mother abortions, except where the “termination of the pregnancy is incidental to the lifesaving intervention” and also stating “The physician shall act in accordance with the standard of care to preserve both [emphasis added] the life of the mother and the life of the pre-born child.”
Christian pro-life Senator David Thomas (R-Greenville) introduced and explained the amendment, then pro-abortion Senator Phil Leventis (D-Sumter) attempted to have it ruled out of order, which failed, and then pro-abortion Senator Joel Lourie (D-Richland) spoke against the amendment and then moved to table Senator Thomas’ amendment. The vote to table (defeat) the amendment passed 24 – 17:
24 “Ayes” voting in support of Tabling motion to defeat Senator Thomas’ pro-life amendment:
Republicans (12): Alexander, Campbell, Cleary, Courson, Fair, Knotts, Leatherman, Larry Martin,
McConnell, O’Dell, Peeler, Rankin
Democrats (12): Coleman, Elliott, Ford, Hutto, Land, Leventis, Lourie, Malloy, Nicholson, Scott, Setzler, Williams
17 “Nays” voting against Tabling motion to defeat Senator Thomas’ pro-life amendment:
Republicans (15): Bright, Bryant, Campsen, Cromer, Davis, Grooms, Hayes, Shane Martin, Massey,
Mulvaney, Rose, Ryberg, Shoopman, Thomas, Verdin
Democrats (2): McGill, Reese
Senator Thomas’ pro-life / anti-abortion-funding amendment was tabled. If that amendment remains tabled in the Senate version of the state budget, that means that the State Health Insurance Plan will continue to fund abortions for rape, incest, and all life of the mother abortions, in the Senate version.
However, the Republican-majority SC House of Representatives, in an hours-long overnight debate session on March 17-18, did already admirably persevere in passing the same pro-life, anti-abortion-funding amendment as the one introduced and now defeated in the SC Senate by Senator Thomas on April 28. So the abortion -funding ban remains in the House version of the budget. If the Senate does not repent of its continuation of state-funding of abortion in the SC State Health Insurance Plan before it gives final approval to the budget bill, that would set up a situation requiring resolution in a joint House-Senate Conference Committee assigned to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of the FY 2010-2011 state budget. (Proverbs 6:16,17, KJB)
Republican-Majority South Carolina Senate Rejects Opportunity to Advance Personhood Bill by 24-18 vote; Abandons Pre-Born Children
OVER 40% (12 out of 27) OF SC SENATE REPUBLICANS VOTED AGAINST RECALL EFFORT LED BY CHRISTIAN PRO-LIFE SENATOR LEE BRIGHT
PRESS RELEASE
FOR RELEASE: Tuesday, April 13, 2010
FOR FURTHER INFO: Contact, Steve Lefemine, dir., Columbia Christians for Life, Columbia, SC; (803) 794-6273
http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/ , Home and “RTL Act of SC” page
[COLUMBIA] – For the first time in the 12 years since personhood legislation was first introduced in the South Carolina Senate in 1998, a vote regarding the legislation occurred on the floor of the SC Senate today, April 13. Primary sponsor, Christian pro-life Senator Lee Bright (R-Spartanburg) moved to Recall the Personhood Bill, S.450, from Senator Glenn McConnell’s (R-Charleston) Judiciary Committee, where it has been intentionally blocked by McConnell’s hand-picked Judiciary Subcommittee chairman Senator Jake Knotts (Lexington). Senator Knotts has refused to even hold a public hearing on the bill. After a period of debate on Senator Bright’s Recall motion today, an opposing motion to Table the Recall motion was proposed, which passed 24 -18, thereby killing Senator Bright’s valiant effort to Recall S.450 from McConnell’s / Knotts’ Committees.
The Personhood Bill (S.450) has been blocked by McConnell and Knotts despite the dual facts that: 1) 50% of the SC Senate (23 of 46 members – 19 R’s, 4 D’s) is co-sponsoring the bill; and 2) 50% of Senator Knotts’ Judiciary Subcommittee (three of six members) is co-sponsoring the bill. The SC Senate has 27 Republicans, 19 Democrats.
After Senator Bright moved to Recall the Personhood Bill from McConnell’s Judiciary Committee, Senator McConnell went to the Senate podium to speak against the bill, arguing (erroneously) that the bill is unconstitutional [ Note: U.S. Supreme Court decisions are NOT the law of the land, the U.S. Constitution is – Article VI., Sec. 2., U.S. Constitution; it is Roe v. Wade which is unconstitutional ]. Senator Bright then spoke at the podium in support of his bill, Senator Knotts spoke against the bill, Senator Larry Grooms (R-Berkeley) spoke in support of the bill, Senator Chip Campsen (R-Charleston) spoke against the bill, and Senator Phil Leventis (D-Sumter) spoke against the bill. Pro-Abortion Senator Brad Hutto (D-Orangeburg) then moved to Table the Recall motion, with results as follows:
24 “Ayes” voting in support of Tabling motion to kill Recall [ KILL PERSONHOOD ] effort:
Republicans (12): Alexander, Campbell, Campsen, Cleary, Courson, Cromer, Knotts, Leatherman, Larry Martin, McConnell, O’Dell, Peeler
Democrats (12): Anderson, Coleman, Elliott, Hutto, Land, Leventis, Lourie, Malloy, Nicholson, Pinckney, Scott, Setzler
18 “Nays” voting against Tabling motion to kill Recall [ KILL PERSONHOOD ] effort:
Republicans (14): Bright, Bryant, Davis, Fair, Grooms, Hayes, Shane Martin, Massey, Mulvaney, Rose, Ryberg, Shoopman, Thomas, Verdin
Democrats (4): Jackson, McGill, Reese, Williams
The motion to Recall the Bill was tabled, the Personhood Bill was killed for 2010, and 7,000+ Pre-born Children each year will continue to be destroyed in their mother’s wombs in South Carolina, with the help of several professing “pro-life”, professing “Christian”, professing “Republican” SC State Senators.
The SC Personhood Bill (S.450 / H.3526) is constitutional, and meets the express requirement set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade (1973), that “If … personhood is established, … the fetus’ [ pre-born child’s ] right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the [ 14th ] Amendment.”
South Carolina Pee Dee – TAKE ACTION TO PASS the SC Personhood Bill (S.450)
South Carolina’s pro-life bill to END child-murder-by-“abortion” (SC Senate bill S.450)
You can see the co-sponsors of bill S.450 from the home page link at: http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/
S.450 co-sponsors: Senators Bright, Bryant, Grooms, Verdin, Fair, Shoopman, S. Martin, Davis, Mulvaney, Reese, Thomas, Rose, O’Dell, Cromer, Hayes, Massey, Cleary, Jackson, L. Martin, McGill, Williams, Peeler and Ryberg [19 Republicans, 4 Democrats]
In the SC Senate, there are presently 27 Republicans and 19 Democrats, giving the supposedly “pro-life” party a plus eight-vote advantage. There are presently 23 Senate co-sponsors of S.450, however more co-sponsors are needed.
You can help by contacting one or more SC State Senators from the list below of seven Senators who are not yet co-sponsoring the SC Personhood Bill. There are two REPUBLICAN Senators below who are NOT yet sponsoring S.450, and there are five DEMOCRAT Senators below who are NOT yet co-sponsoring S.450.
Senator John Land (D-Manning) District 36 – Calhoun, Clarendon, Florence & Sumter Cos.
(Home) P.O. Box 138, Manning, 29102
Phone: Bus. (803) 435-8894 Home (803) 435-2314
(State House) 513 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6180
Senator Hugh Leatherman (R-Florence) District 31 – Darlington & Florence Cos.
(Home) 1817 Pineland Ave., Florence, 29501
Phone: Bus. (843) 662-0388 Home (843) 667-1152
(State House) 111 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6640
Senator Phil Leventis (D-Sumter) District 35 – Lee & Sumter Cos.
(Home) Phone: Bus. (803) 968-6185 Home (803) 469-2047
(State House) 608 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6000
Senator Gerald Malloy (D-Hartsville) District 29 – Chesterfield, Darlington, Lee & Marlboro Cos.
(Home) 1216 Salem Rd., Hartsville, 29550
Phone: Bus. (843) 339-3000 Home (843) 332-5533
(State House) 512 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6148
Senator John Matthews, Jr. (D-Bowman) Distr. 39 – Bamberg, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton & Orangeburg Cos.
(Home) P.O. Box 142, Columbia, 29202
Phone: Home (803) 829-2383
(State House) 613 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6056
Senator Glenn McConnell (R-Charleston) District 41 – Charleston Co.
- Senate Judiciary Comm. Chairman (S.450 assigned)
- Senate President Pro-Tempore
(Home) 27 Bainbridge Dr., Charleston, 29407
Phone: Bus. (843) 747-7554 Home (843) 571-3921
(State House) 101 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201 Bus.
Phone: (803) 212-6610
Senator Vincent Sheheen (D-Camden) District 27 – Chesterfield, Kershaw & Lancaster Cos.
(Home) P.O. Drawer 10, Camden, 29021
Phone: Bus. (803) 432-4391
(State House) 506 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6124
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Lowcountry South Carolina – TAKE ACTION TO PASS the SC Personhood Bill (S.450)
South Carolina’s pro-life bill to END child-murder-by-“abortion” (SC Senate bill S.450)
You can see the co-sponsors of bill S.450 from the home page link at: www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net
S.450 co-sponsors: Senators Bright, Bryant, Grooms, Verdin, Fair, Shoopman, S. Martin, Davis, Mulvaney, Reese, Thomas, Rose, O’Dell, Cromer, Hayes and Massey [15 Republicans, 1 Democrat]
In the SC Senate, there are presently 27 Republicans and 19 Democrats, giving the supposedly “pro-life” party a plus eight-vote advantage. There are presently 16 Senate co-sponsors of S.450, however more co-sponsors are needed.
You can help by contacting one or more SC State Senators from the list below of eight Senators who are not yet co-sponsoring the SC Personhood Bill. There are three REPUBLICAN Senators below who are NOT yet sponsoring S.450, and there are five DEMOCRAT Senators below who are NOT yet co-sponsoring S.450.
Senator Paul Campbell, Jr. (R-Goose Creek) District 44 – Berkeley Co.
(Home) 150 Loganberry Circle, Goose Creek, 29445
Phone: Bus. (843) 296-1001 Home (843) 569-0089
(State House) 604 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6016
Senator Chip Campsen, III (R-Isle of Palms) District 43 – Berkeley & Charleston Cos.
(Home) 360 Concord St., Suite 201, Charleston, 29401
Phone: Bus. (843) 722-0123 Home (843) 886-8454
(State House) 604 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6016
Senator Ray Cleary (R-Murrells Inlet) District 34 – Charleston, Georgetown & Horry Cos.
(Home) 3577 Marion Lane, Murrells Inlet, 29576
Phone: Bus. (843) 650-5100 Home (843) 357-2234
(State House) 501 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6100
Senator Dick Elliott (D-N. Myrtle Beach) District 28 – Dillon, Horry, Marion & Marlboro Cos
(Home) P.O. Box 3626, North Myrtle Beach, 29582
Phone: Home (843) 249-1449
(State House) 601 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6116 Home (803) 771-8711
Senator Robert Ford (D-Charleston) District 42 – Charleston Co.
(Home ) P.O. Box 21302, Charleston, 29413
Phone: Bus. (843) 813-1777 Home (843) 852-0777
(State House) 506 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6124 Home (803) 798-9220
Senator Glenn McConnell (R-Charleston) District 41 – Charleston Co.
- Senate Judiciary Comm. Chairman (S.450 assigned)
- Senate President Pro-Tempore
(Home) 27 Bainbridge Dr., Charleston, 29407
Phone: Bus. (843) 747-7554 Home (843) 571-3921
(State House) 101 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201 Bus.
Phone: (803) 212-6610
Senator Clementa Pinckney (D-Ridgeland) District 45 – Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Hampton & Jasper Cos.
(Home) P.O. Box 300, Ridgeland, 29936
Phone: Bus. (843) 726-6019 Home (843) 726-3849
(State House) 512 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6148
Senator Luke Rankin (R-Myrtle Beach) District 33 - Horry Co.
(Home) 201 Beaty St., Conway, 29526
Phone: Bus. (843) 248-2405 Home (843) 626-6269
(State House) 508 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6132
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Click here for a printable flyer.
Upstate South Carolina – TAKE ACTION TO PASS the SC Personhood Bill (S.450)
South Carolina’s pro-life bill to END child-murder-by-“abortion” (SC Senate bill S.450)
You can see the co-sponsors of bill S.450 from the home page link at: www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net
S.450 co-sponsors: Senators Bright, Bryant, Grooms, Verdin, Fair, Shoopman, S. Martin, Davis, Mulvaney, Reese, Thomas, Rose, O’Dell, Cromer, Hayes and Massey [15 Republicans, 1 Democrat]
In the SC Senate, there are presently 27 Republicans and 19 Democrats, giving the supposedly “pro-life” party a plus eight-vote advantage. There are presently 16 Senate co-sponsors of S.450, however more co-sponsors are needed.
You can help by contacting one or more SC State Senators from the list below of eight Senators who are not yet co-sponsoring the SC Personhood Bill. There are three REPUBLICAN Senators below who are NOT yet sponsoring S.450, and there are five DEMOCRAT Senators below who are NOT yet co-sponsoring S.450.
Senator Tom Alexander (R-Walhalla) District 1 – Oconee & Pickens Cos.
(Home) 150 Cleveland Dr., Walhalla, 29691
Phone: Bus. (864) 638-2988 Home (864) 638-2153
(State House) 402 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6220 Home (803) 252-0845
Senator Ralph Anderson (D-Greenville) District 7 – Greenville Co.
(Home) 315 Elder St., Greenville, 29607
Phone: Home (864) 235-0611
(State House) 504 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6032
Senator Larry Martin (R-Pickens) District 2 – Pickens Co
(Home) P.O. Box 247, Pickens, 29671
Phone: Bus. (864) 306-2126 Home (864) 878-6105
(State House) 311 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6340
Senator Glenn McConnell (R-Charleston) District 41 – Charleston Co.
- Senate Judiciary Comm. Chairman (S.450 assigned)
- Senate President Pro-Tempore
(Home) 27 Bainbridge Dr., Charleston, 29407
Phone: Bus. (843) 747-7554 Home (843) 571-3921
(State House) 101 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201 Bus.
Phone: (803) 212-6610
Senator Floyd Nicholson (D-Greenwood) District 10 – Abbeville, Greenwood & Laurens Cos.
(Home) P.O. Box 1777, Greenwood, 29648
Phone: Bus. (864) 223-0400 Home (864) 223-9460
(State House) 610 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6040
Senator Harvey Peeler, Jr. (R-Gaffney) District 14 – Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union & York Cos.
(Home) P.O. Box 742, Gaffney, 29342
Phone: Bus. (864) 489-9994 Home (864) 489-3766
(State House) 213 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6430
Senator Greg Ryberg (R-Aiken) District 24 – Aiken Co.
(Home) P.O. Box 1077, Aiken, 29802
Phone: Bus. (803) 641-4125 Home (803) 648-9357
(State House) 313 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6320
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Columbia / Midlands – TAKE ACTION TO PASS the SC Personhood Bill (S.450)
South Carolina’s pro-life bill to END child-murder-by-“abortion” (SC Senate bill S.450)
You can see the co-sponsors of bill S.450 from the home page link at: http://www.christianlifeandliberty.net/
S.450 co-sponsors: Senators Bright, Bryant, Grooms, Verdin, Fair, Shoopman, S. Martin, Davis, Mulvaney, Reese, Thomas, Rose, O’Dell, Cromer, Hayes and Massey [15 Republicans, 1 Democrat]
In the SC Senate, there are presently 27 Republicans and 19 Democrats, giving the supposedly “pro-life” party a plus eight-vote advantage. There are presently 16 Senate co-sponsors of S.450, however more co-sponsors are needed.
You can help by contacting one or more SC State Senators from the list below of eight Senators who are not yet co-sponsoring the SC Personhood Bill. There are three REPUBLICAN Senators below who are NOT yet sponsoring S.450, and there are five DEMOCRAT Senators below who are NOT yet co-sponsoring S.450.
Senator Creighton Coleman (D-Winnsboro) District 17 – Chester, Fairfield, Union & York Cos.
(Home) P. O. Box 1006, Winnsboro, 29180 Bus.
Phone: Bus. (803) 635-6884
(State House) 513 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6180
Senator John Courson (R- Columbia) District 20 – Lexington & Richland Cos.
(Home) P.O. Box 142, Columbia, 29202 / 2934 Wheat St., Columbia, 29205
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6250 Home (803) 256-7853
(State House) 412 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6250 Home (803) 256-7853
Senator Darrell Jackson (D-Hopkins) District 21 – Richland Co.
(Home) 608 Motley Rd., Hopkins, 29061 Bus.
Phone: Bus. (803) 771-0325 Home (803) 776-6954
(State House) 612 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6048
Senator Jake Knotts (R-West Columbia) District 23 – Lexington Co.
- Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Chairman for S.450
(Home) 500 W. Dunbar Rd., West Columbia, 29169
Phone: Home (803) 755-6253
(State House) 303 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6350 Home (803) 755-6253
Senator Joel Lourie (D-Columbia) District 22 – Kershaw & Richland Cos.
(Home) P.O. Box 6212, Columbia, 29260
Phone: Bus. (803) 779-0939 Home (803) 787-5802
(State House) 601 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6116
Senator Glenn McConnell (R-Charleston) District 41 – Charleston Co.
- Senate Judiciary Comm. Chairman (S.450 assigned)
- Senate President Pro-Tempore
(Home) 27 Bainbridge Dr., Charleston, 29407
Phone: Bus. (843) 747-7554 Home (843) 571-3921
(State House) 101 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201 Bus.
Phone: (803) 212-6610
Senator John Scott (D-Columbia) District 19 – Richland Co.
(Home) 215 Elmont Dr., Columbia, 29203
Phone: Bus. (803) 733-5176 Home (803) 786-2373
(State House) 612 Gressette Bldg., Cola., 29201 / 1107 Anthony Ave., Cola., 29201)
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6048 Home (803) 786-2373
Senator Nikki Setzler (D-West Columbia) District 26 – Aiken, Lexington & Saluda Cos.
(Home) 1309 Canary Dr., West Columbia, 29169
Phone: Bus. (803) 796-1285 Home (803) 796-7573
(State House) 510 Gressette Bldg., Columbia, 29201
Phone: Bus. (803) 212-6140 Home (803) 796-7573
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TAKE ACTION TO PASS the SC Personhood Bill (S.450)
South Carolina’s pro-life bill to END child-murder-by-“abortion” (SC Senate bill S.450)
S.450 co-sponsors: Senators Bright, Bryant, Grooms, Verdin, Fair, Shoopman, S. Martin, Davis, Mulvaney, Reese, Thomas, Rose, O’Dell, Cromer, Hayes and Massey
[15 Republicans, 1 Democrat]
In the SC Senate, there are presently 27 Republicans and 19 Democrats, giving the supposedly “pro-life” party a plus eight-vote advantage. There are presently 16 co-sponsors of S.450 in the SC Senate, however more co-sponsors are needed.
You can help by contacting one or more SC State Senators from the list below of 30 Senators who are not yet co-sponsoring the SC Personhood Bill. There are 12 remaining REPUBLICAN Senators who are not yet sponsoring S.450, and there are 18 remaining DEMOCRAT Senators who are not yet co-sponsoring S.450.
Please call and/or write and/or visit and/or e-mail these legislators and ASK THEM TO CO-SPONSOR S.450, the SC Personhood Bill. These 30 Senators below are NOT yet co-sponsoring S.450:
Senator Tom Alexander (R-Walhalla) District 1 – Oconee & Pickens Cos.
Senator Ralph Anderson (D-Greenville) District 7 – Greenville Co.
Senator Paul Campbell, Jr. (R-Goose Creek) District 44 – Berkeley Co.
Senator Chip Campsen, III (R-Isle of Palms) District 43 – Berkeley & Charleston Cos.
Senator Ray Cleary (R- Murrells Inlet) District 34 – Charleston, Georgetown & Horry Cos.
Senator Creighton Coleman (D-Winnsboro) District 17 – Chester, Fairfield, Union & York Cos.
Senator John Courson (R- Columbia) District 20 – Lexington & Richland Cos.
Senator Dick Elliott (D-N. Myrtle Beach) District 28 – Dillon, Horry, Marion & Marlboro Cos.
Senator Robert Ford (D-Charleston) District 42 – Charleston Co.
Senator Brad Hutto (D-Orangeburg) District 40 – Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell & Orangeburg Cos.
Senator Darrell Jackson (D-Hopkins) District 21 – Richland Co.
Senator Jake Knotts (R-West Columbia) District 23 – Lexington Co.
- Senate Judiciary Subcomm. Chairman for S.450
Senator John Land (D-Manning) District 36 – Calhoun, Clarendon, Florence & Sumter Cos.
Senator Hugh Leatherman (R-Florence) District 31 – Darlington & Florence Cos.
Senator Phil Leventis (D-Sumter) District 35 – Lee & Sumter Cos.
Senator Joel Lourie (D-Columbia) District 22 – Kershaw & Richland Cos.
Senator Gerald Malloy (D-Hartsville) District 29 – Chesterfield, Darlington, Lee & Marlboro Cos.
Senator Larry Martin (R-Pickens) District 2 – Pickens Co.
Senator John Matthews, Jr. (D-Bowman) Distr. 39 – Bamberg, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton & Orangeburg Cos.
Senator Glenn McConnell (R-Charleston) District 41 – Charleston Co.
- Senate Judiciary Comm. Chairman
- Senate President Pro-Tempore
Senator Yancey McGill (D-Kingstree) District 32 – Florence, Georgetown, Horry & Williamsburg Cos.
Senator Floyd Nicholson (D-Greenwood) District 10 – Abbeville, Greenwood & Laurens Cos.
Senator Harvey Peeler, Jr. (R-Gaffney) District 14 – Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union & York Cos.
Senator Clementa Pinckney (D-Ridgeland) District 45 – Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Hampton & Jasper Cos.
Senator Luke Rankin (R-Myrtle Beach) District 33 – Horry Co.
Senator Greg Ryberg (R-Aiken) District 24 – Aiken Co.
Senator John Scott (D-Columbia) District 19 – Richland Co.
Senator Nikki Setzler (D-West Columbia) District 26 – Aiken, Lexington & Saluda Cos.
Senator Vincent Sheheen (D-Camden) District 27 – Chesterfield, Kershaw & Lancaster Cos.
Senator Kent Williams (D-Marion) District 30 – Dillon, Florence, Marion & Marlboro Cos.
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Contact Information for SC Senators: You may call the Senate Clerk’s office at (803) 212-6200 for their contact information, or, go to this website: www.scstatehouse.gov/html-pages/senatebios.html
You can see the co-sponsors of bill S.450 from the home page link at: www.ChristianLifeandLiberty.net or, go to the SC Legislative website at: www.scstatehouse.gov/sess118_2009-2010/bills/450.htm
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REPUBLICAN SC LEGISLATURE Continues to Fail to ESTABLISH JUSTICE:
To Protect the Lives of Over 7,000 Pre-Birth Children Murdered Each Year in South Carolina by Abortion !
Right to Life Act of SC – TEN YEARS ! 1998-2008
Republican-Majority SC House (73 R – 51 D) -
Republican-Majority SC Senate (27 R – 19 D) -
Republican SC Governor -
Republican SC Lt Governor -
All Continue to Fail to Pass “Personhood” Bill
(Right to Life Act of SC – H3284/H3697/S313)
to E-N-D (not just incessantly Regulate !)
Child-Murder by Abortion in SC.
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REPUBLICANS in US CONGRESS
Continue to Fail to ESTABLISH JUSTICE:
To Protect the Lives of Over 1,000,000 Pre-Birth
Children Murdered Each Year in US by Abortion !
Right to Life Act of US – 13 YEARS ! 1995-2008
(HR 618 / HR 2597)
Republicans lost the US House in 2006 (lost 30 Seats)
Republicans lost the US Senate in 2006 (lost 6 Seats)
Republicans will lose ___ US House Seats in 2008 ?
Republicans will lose ___ US Senate Seats in 2008 ?
Will Republicans lose the White House in 2008 ?
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The Messiah says: “Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to Me.” Matthew 25:45
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God says: “… I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.” Jeremiah 25:14
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After losses, Republicans fear public has lost confidence in party
Congressman says message deficient
www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20080515/a_gopfallout15.art.htm
USA Today / Page 6A
May 15, 2008
By Ken Dilanian
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON Republicans must regain the confidence of Americans and recast their message to voters to avoid a catastrophe in the fall congressional elections, top GOP officials said Wednesday in a stark postmortem of a loss in rural Mississippi.
Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, who runs the committee in charge of helping elect Republicans to Congress, said Tuesday’s defeat in Mississippi after losing GOP seats in other special elections in Illinois and Louisiana was evidence that “a large section of the American people doesn’t have confidence in the Republican Party.”
“What we’ve got right now is a deficiency in our message and a loss of confidence by the American people to do what we say we’re going to do,” Cole said in a conference call with reporters.
He said, “When you lose three of these in a row, you have to get beyond campaign tactics and take a long hard look: Is there something wrong with your product?”
Cole did not elaborate on potential defects, but Democrats had a ready answer.
“The Republican message is ‘no, veto, and status quo,’ ” said Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
He said Republicans couldn’t win in Mississippi even though they poured $1 million into the race, sent Vice President Cheney to campaign and tried to link Democratic candidate Travis Childers to the controversy over Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s former pastor.
Obama mentioned Childers’ victory in a speech in Michigan. “This is a hard-core Republican seat, and they lost it by 8 points. They did everything they could. They ran ads with my face on it.”
In a memo to GOP leaders posted on Politico’s website, retiring Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., offered a blunt verdict: “The Republican brand is in the trash can. … If we were a dog food, they would take us off the shelf.”
“This is as bad as it gets for any party,” said David Wasserman, House editor of the Cook Political Report, which tracks each race. “I’ve never seen a more defeated tone.” Nevertheless, Wasserman said, his analysis shows the Democrats will pick up far fewer districts than they did in the 2006 election, when they gained 31 seats. He estimates the Democrats will gain five to 10 seats in the fall.
“Democrats won most of the low-hanging fruit in 2006,” he said.
Democratic leaders, not surprisingly, have a different view. They hope to capitalize on their winning formula in Mississippi and Louisiana, where their candidates’ cultural conservatism played well.
“This clearly is a sign that there is no congressional district that is safe for Republican candidates who are following in the Bush shadow,” said Van Hollen, whose committee has $44.3 million on hand, compared with $7.2 million for Cole’s National Republican Congressional Committee.
Davis called the atmosphere for House Republicans “the worst since Watergate and is far more toxic than the fall of 2006.”
House Republicans met with Cole in the Capitol to sift through the ashes of defeat in Mississippi’s 1st District, which became vacant when Republican Roger Wicker was appointed to the Senate to replace retiring Republican Trent Lott. House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio called the result “a wake-up call.” But there is no consensus on how to fix it.
Former speaker Newt Gingrich has urged House Republicans to come out with a series of dramatic proposals, including a moratorium on congressionally directed spending items known as earmarks. His ideas were not widely embraced.
Boehner is rolling out an “American Families Agenda” this week focusing on national security, tax cuts, balancing the budget and boosting domestic oil production.
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