Unborn Victims of Violence Act to be placed on Senate calendar

DVT is reporting that the Unborn Victims of Violence Act will be debated and voted on next week when the Senate reconvenes. Tom Daschle is facing pressure from his caucus to kill the bill, an act that would be unpopular with his constituents. Once again Daschle must keep his colleagues happy by assisting their efforts to kill the bill, and simultaneously appearing to be vigorously supporting the bill (a highwire act discussed at length HERE). And apparently, Daschle's Democratic caucus is already conspiring to slip two poison pill amendments into the bill in an attempt to kill it. The same thing happened to the gun manufacturer immunity bill a few weeks ago, courtesy of Tom Daschle, who voted for two poison pill amendments that made the immunity bill a raw deal.

So the question to ask Tom Daschle at his appearance in Rapid City tomorrow is whether he's going to pull the same stunt with the Unborn Victims of Violence Act as he did with the gun manufacturer immunity bill.