Democrats are accusing Republicans of denying a witness who holds contrary views an opportunity to testify at a hearing on President Obama’s birth control regulation — a charge the GOP disputes.The House Oversight Committee, chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), will hold a hearing Thursday on the subject of the new rule. Called “Lines Crossed: Separation of Church and State. Has the Obama Administration Trampled on Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Conscience?”, the hearing will weigh in on the issue Republicans and Democrats are generally fighting over. But Democrats are crying foul over the line-up of witnesses being called. They claim that the Republican majority did not allow Democrats, the minority, to have any witnesses of their own. Republicans dispute that version of the story.
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