The Feinstein "single victim" substitute amendment, which would have killed the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, has failed 50-49, no thanks to Tom Daschle. Tom Daschle voted FOR the poison pill Feinstein substitute. Tom Daschle is wrangling to kill the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, and then will cynically vote for the UVVA when it comes up for a vote (just a prediction). If he truly supported the UVVA, he would have voted against the Feinstein poison pill amendment. He did the same thing on the gun manufacturer immunity bill. Note that he followed Feinstein's lead back then, too. It's a classic case of Tom Daschle having it both ways.
UPDATE: See Tom Daschle's letter to a constituent (pdf) last year regarding the UVVA.
ANOTHER UPDATE: The AP is reporting: "Fetus Protection Bill Nears Passage." Excerpt:
The Senate cleared the way for passing the Unborn Victims of Violence Act by defeating an amendment, backed by abortion rights lawmakers, that would have increased penalties but maintained that an attack on a pregnant victim was a single-victim crime.
(Emphasis added.) Daschle voted for the amendment, making him, as the AP asserts, an "abortion rights lawmaker."
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