act which prohibits government restrictions on abortion. even the so-called pro-choice republicans susan collins and lisa murkowski, you know, the same ones that claimed this would never happen. after presiding over the vote vice president kamala harris called out republican extremism. this vote clearly suggests that the senate is not where majority of americans are on this issue. it also makes clear that a priority for all who care about this issue, a priority should be to elect pro-choice leaders at the local, the state and the federal level because what we are seeing around this country are extremist republican leaders who are seeking to criminalize and punish women for making decisions about their own body. of course, the democrats in house joe manchin also voted no. he s not the only democrat with a moral opposition to abortion. bob casey voted with the democrat saying the circumstances around the entire debate on abortion have changed now that the supreme court has
this pros he united in our belief the nation s fiscal crisis must be addressed and that we cannot leave it for the next generation to solve. that statement, issued in congress. the super committee must not end. the president said if congress tries to get around the automatic cuts, called for in the law that created the super committee, he will veto it. my message to them is simple. no. i will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending. there will be no easy off ramps on this one. we need to keep the pressure up to compromise. not turn off the pressure. the super committee s failure has important consequences. stocks fell sharply as investors added washington s gridlock over america s debt to an already long list of worries about economic growth at home and europe s financial crisis. plus, there are worries of a possible additional downgrade for the u.s. and the legislation that created that super committee calls for across