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Clyburn on abortion, health bill

 

Published 30 days ago by Domenico Montanaro at First Read

From NBC's Michelle PerryHouse Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) acknowledged that House Dems still need to work out the abortion issue in the healthcare reform bill ahead of Saturday's vote. Clyburn told NBC's Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports," that the House bill is in a good place on substance, but some remain "skittish" about the language that goes into the bill on abortion. The potential stumbling block is whether or not the House bill would include explicit language restricting...( read more ) (link)

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