I found the article House Passes Student Loan Bill That Would Cut Preventive Health Programs on the Truthdig web site.

“Make no mistake … our Republican colleagues haven’t changed their minds about this, they’ve changed their tactics,” said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md. “If they really wanted to stop student loans from increasing, they wouldn’t seek to cover the cost by cutting funds for cervical cancer screening, by cutting funds for breast cancer screening, by cutting other women’s health care measures. They wouldn’t push a measure the president has already said he will veto.”

If you want to hear sounds like the bleating of a stuck pig, read the article for the Republicans’ disclaimer about what they are trying to do.  I won’t bother to sully this blog by posting them here.

I may have to start a category on this blog, Republican War On Women, so you can find the numerous articles more easily.

I’ll let you make the connection between this story and the need to elect Elizabeth Warren to the U.S. Senate.  I won’t metnion it myself.  Oops, I just did.

Ten Reasons the JOBS Act Is an Insane Race to the Bottom is by William K Black, the author of  The Best Way To Rob A Bank Is To Own One.

The JOBS Act is insane on many levels. It creates an extraordinarily criminogenic environment in which securities fraud will become even more out of control. One of the forms of insanity is the belief that one can “win” a regulatory “race to the bottom.” The only winning move is not to play in a regulatory race to the bottom. The primary rationale for the JOBS Act is the claim that we must win a regulatory race to the bottom with the City of London by adopting even weaker protections for investors from securities fraud than does the United Kingdom (UK).

Perhaps the only way to start to restore sanity to Washington is to elect Elizabeth Warren to the Senate.  She seems to understands this issue of bank and financial fraud on a level that equals William Black.  Of course, she would only be one voice, but it is a start.  We have to start somewhere.  Why not start by electing Elizabeth Warren?