by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The site of the original tea party was the scene of a stunning victory for conservative Americans whose “tea party” fervor fueled the election of Massachusetts GOP State Senator Scott Brown into the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA). Brown ran on a fiscally conservative platform and made repeated promises to “kill” the massively unpopular health care reform bill which many believe is now doomed.
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Voters Throng to Polls in Massachusetts
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Even with light snow falling over much of Massachusetts today, motivated voters are thronging to the polls to decide the fate of a Senate seat that could be a game changer in the national health care debate.
Massachusetts Candidate Says Catholic Workers Should Stay Out of Emergency Rooms
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Revealing how she feels about conscience protection in health care reform, Attorney General Martha Coakley, a Democrat running in a special election to replace Sen. Ed. Kennedy in the U.S. Senate, says Catholics who believe in Church teaching and who value their religious freedom shouldn’t work in an emergency room.
