Do they realize how ridiculous this is? Of all the things that need to be “fixed”….. this is all they can come up? A vote on something that hasn’t a shot in hell of passing? How about proving your ProLife stance by getting our troops out of Iraq?

By LAURIE KELLMAN

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - While they still can, House Republicans are looking at scheduling a vote next week on a fetal pain abortion bill in a parting shot at incoming majority Democrats and a last bid for loyalty from the GOP’s base of social conservatives.

The measure is tentatively on House GOP leaders’ list of bills to be considered in a lame-duck session before Democrats assume control of Congress. It has no chance of passing the Senate during the waning days of Republican control. But, with Democrats ascending to agenda’setting roles, passage isn’t the point, said one conservative leader.

“Next year, the leadership of the House will be hardcore pro-abortion loyalists,” said Douglas Johnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee. “They will block votes on even modest pro-life measures like this one.”