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documents.nytimes.com - 20 days ago

The Stupak Amendment

— documents.nytimes.com — After months of work by House Democrats on major health care legislation, the floor debate on the... bill was at risk of being overshadowed by an internal dispute among Democrats over the issue of abortion. In the end, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi decided ... (more) The Stupak Amendment

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dailykos.com - 20 days ago

64 Democrats on the Wrong Side of Stupak-Pitts

— dailykos.com — For future reference, here is the list of Democrats who voted "Aye" on the Stupak-Pitts Amendment. AL-2... Bright, Bobby; AL- 5 Griffith, Parker; AL-7 Davis, Artur; AR-1 Berry, Robert; AR-2 Snyder, Victor; AR-4 AR-4 Ross, Mike; CA-18 Cardoza, Dennis; ... (more) 64 Democrats on the Wrong Side of Stupak-Pitts

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swampland.blogs.time.com - 20 days ago

Anatomy of a Health Reform Deal

— swampland.blogs.time.com — Don't the Democrats control Congress? How did Nancy Pelosi get to the point where she didn't have... enough votes in her own caucus to pass health reform unless she paved the way for language that, as Jon Cohn puts it, "mak[es] it more likely that ... (more) Anatomy of a Health Reform Deal

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Open Left - Quick Hits's RSS Feed:  Stupak woudl have settled for less...

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@KristiIA This explains Stupak proposal that fell through: http://tinyurl.com/ybna7n9 Doesn't seem like a significantly better deal to me. 20 days ago

Girls... here what the HC Bill did for us http://bit.ly/WTyVG welcome to 3rd class citizenship (via @PaulaBrooks) 20 days ago

RT @QueerjohnPA: RT @PaulaBrooks When did the Bishops become members of Congress?Rep. Woolsey (D-CA). Who elected them? http://bit.ly/WTyVG 20 days ago

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Stupak woudl have settled for less...
Open Left - Quick Hits's RSS Feed — ... by some. Stupak said the plan would have permanently banned tax dollars from supporting abortion in the public plan, and for private insurers, it would have to be voted on every year. Stupak said his group of 40 votes was willing to go along with it. But an hour later, Pelosi called and said abortion-rights supporters were balking at the deal. "She said, 'I can't hold our side on it. I have no choice but to give you a vote on your amenedment,'" Stupak recalled. http://thehill.com/homenews/ho... Not sure if that was a good deal or not... interesting ...

The House’s Bowel Movement Bill
The Moderate Voice — ... Along the way, this plan for social progress acquired a regressive abortion restriction that will have to be extracted as well as who-knows-how-many similar jokers in the deck at the hands of the wizards of legislative legerdemain. ...