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Republican Senator Compares Women to Smokers
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Source: Politico.com
November 09, 2009
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Tex.), the head of the Republicans campaign committee, caused a stir at last night's Rules Committee meeting when he suggested that treating female-related health conditions was comparable to insurance-company imposed restrictions on smokers. "Why should a woman pay more than a man?" asked New Jersey Democrat Frank Pallone, according to the Courthouse News Service. "Well, we're all different," Sessions explained. "Why should a smoker pay more?" he said before he was interrupted.
loadedmodg
11 days ago
2 comments
Typical idiot. (Josie) Way to shove 'Republican Thinking' into a box because of what one republican said, look at that box, and believe that it is beneath you. On a side note, why has no one mentioned that men pay more than women for car insurance? Why is there no turmoil about that? What is the difference between that and this situation?
Josie
13 days ago
2 comments
Typical Republican thinking......they only want to pay for themselves, have no regard for others, punish women for using health care more for having their babies. Selfish insensitive no regard for others!