That ain't kosher!
Pro-choice Democrats in the state Senate plotted to ram through an abortion-rights amendment during the Jewish Sabbath to prevent pro-life Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder, an Orthodox Jew, from casting a vote, critics charged.
The controversial June 28 deliberations put Felder in a quandary. If he left Albany to observe Shabbat, the abortion proposal had a chance of passing. But if he stayed, he would be violating religious observance.
"The Democrats were counting votes. They were waiting for Simcha to leave. They thought they were going to get away with that," said Deputy Senate GOP leader Tom Libous.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/senate_shabbat_scheme_Uu0oIyKFA4gYT1w2KuC6uM
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