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To: Wayners who wrote (675874)	3/18/2005 11:46:20 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769670

The Medical Becomes Political for Congress By CARL HULSE Published: March 19, 2005 ASHINGTON, March 18 - The fevered Congressional intervention in a single individual's health crisis is being driven in significant part by powerful political forces that have converged at the bedside of Terri Schiavo. While lawmakers of both parties justified their effort to try to prevent removal of the feeding tube from the brain-damaged woman as a matter of fundamental rights and due process, political motivations have figured in as well. For Republicans, it was a chance to try to carve out new territory in the "culture of life" issues so paramount to passionate religious conservatives, who have flooded Congressional offices with messages beseeching help in keeping Ms. Schiavo alive. For Democrats still struggling in the wake of their defeat in the November elections, the case offered a way to portray their newfound willingness to move to the center on such issues. nytimes.com

To: Wayners who wrote (675874)	3/18/2005 11:48:38 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

demohacks felt the squeeze: <Led by their new leader, Senator Harry Reid, an anti-abortion Democrat from Nevada, Senate Democrats did not stand in the way of a bill aimed directly at the Schiavo case as they might have in the past, though disagreement between the House and Senate on the specific approach has stalled a final piece of legislation. Senator Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas, said he thought the willingness of Senate Democrats to move forward reflected a new attitude within the party. "Yesterday Ted Kennedy and I had a press conference on a pro-life bill on Down syndrome," Mr. Brownback said. "I don't think would have happened two years ago, and I welcome it. I think it is fabulous."

To: Wayners who wrote (675874)	3/18/2005 11:50:07 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Many Congressional Democrats were biting their tongues Friday as they witnessed what they considered an egregious misuse of power by Republicans. They pointed to public opinion polls that show support for Mr. Schiavo's right to decide his wife's fate, but they also fear the power of the mobilized right. Plus, lawmakers of both parties say they have been moved by the videotapes they have seen of Ms. Schiavo, viewing themselves as the last barrier between her and a death sentence.