Page 2 - Struck Through News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Any one of a number of appointments, there is a frustration among senators who are in the personnel business, the business of approving or disapproving of who the president sends up for these cabinet positions, judicial appointments, things of that nature, that they don't feel like the white house does a good job of vetting people at all. they come up here with huge holes in their background that you could drive a truck through, and you have seen that in certain situations, and you have seen that in judicial postings, get expose in these hearings of not knowing basic issues of constitutional l...

I think it's in line with what senator kennedy and i have fought for and i have a history in the state senate of voting for to allow religious organizations to have and people to have that conscious exemption objection exemption. >> how are you rejecting contention that it goes farther. it would allow an employer to refuse to cover anyone for anything. i read the introduction of this bill today. it doesn't say religious beliefs. it says moral convictions. where is she wrong? it seems that's a loophole you could drive a truck through, no? >> jim, you know as well as i do that's a red herring. b...

>> no, i don't. >> i read the introduction of this bill. it doesn't just say religious beliefs. it says moral convictions. where is she wrong? it seems to me that's a loophole you could drive a truck through, no? >> you know as well as i do that's a red herring. bottom line is if anything like that happened in massachusetts, people would obviously be sued and other types of things to create these issues to really take away from the focus. >> as a state senator in massachusetts, it should be noted that scott brown voted for state level regulations which were exactly the same policy that he is n...

Further than religious exemptions, no? >> no, i don't. >> i read the introduction of this bill. it doesn't just say religious beliefs. it says moral convictions. where is she wrong? it seems to me that's a loophole you could drive a truck through, no? >> you know as well as i do that's a red herring. bottom line is if anything like that happened in massachusetts, people would obviously be sued and other types of things to create these issues to really take away from the focus. >> as a state senator in massachusetts, it should be noted that scott brown voted for state level regulations which we...

So-called conscience. >> you acknowledge that senator blunt's amendment that you're supporting goes far further than religious objections, no? >> uh, no, i don't. i think it's in line with what senator kennedy and i have fought for and i have a history in the state senate of voting for, to allow religious organizations and people to have that conscience objection exemption to allow them to practice their faith. it's one of the cornerstones of our constitution. >> it doesn't just say religious beliefs, it says moral convictions. so where is she wrong? it seems to me that's a loophole you could ...