Abortion Coverage Removal

U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) is urging the U.S Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to discontinue health care plans that cover abortion procedures funded by taxpayers' those health plans.

Alongside Sen. Lee, a letter from both the House and the Senate was sent with Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ).

The letter references the 1984 legislation that prohibits elective abortions funded with federal money.

The Smith Amendment to the Financial Service Appropriations bill explicitly denies funds to "pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection with any health plan under the Federal employees health benefits program which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions."

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AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes: Always enjoy meeting with Florence Police Chief Matthew Thomas. Thanks for coming to our senior scams event yesterday and for all you and Florence PD do to keep your community safe!

State Senator Jake Hoffman: Corrupt Katie Hobbs is so out of touch she thinks a PART-TIME politician making $24k is a sympathetic sob story It’s not. Maybe Katie’s twisted, entitled point of view is why she treats your tax dollars like her own personal Candy Land Katie Hobbs is AZ’s Marie Antoinette

State Representative Lisa Fink: Adams Traditional Academy is the top school in the state for mainstreaming English Language learners into the classroom! Great job!

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State Representative Nick Kupper: Removing a recommendation in no way takes anything away from anybody. You don’t need a recommendation to give it to your kid.

State Representative John Gillette: So Justice Jackson thinks executive branch Experts PHDs should be protected from dismissal by the executive. People like Fauchi , Brix, ect. U.S. Constitution Article II — “The Executive Branch” This is the entire constitutional foundation for presidential authority. Article II, Section 1 Establishes: The President and Vice President The Executive Power is vested in the President. Not some unelected "expert". She is trying to weaken the executive branch powers... so the courts can decide policy and dismissal of "employees " maintaining the swamp.

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The Snakebite is written by Grayson Bakich and Javier Manjarres