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politico.com - 22 days ago
Pelosi: Pro-choice Dems will sign on
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She's confident pro-choice Dems will support the bill.
theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 20 days ago
Obtained: In Letter To Pelosi, 41 House Dems Pledge To Vote Against Bill With Anti-Abortion ...
— theplumline.whorunsgov.com — In a move that will intensify the coming war over how to treat abortion in the health... care bill, more than three dozen House Dems have signed a letter to Nancy Pelosi firmly pledging to vote against the bill if it contains an anti-abortion ... (more) Obtained: In Letter To Pelosi, 41 House Dems Pledge To ...

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thedailybeast.com - 19 days ago
The Dems' Smart Abortion Move
— thedailybeast.com — House Democrats were right to sacrifice abortion protections to get health care passed. Peter Beinart on why... that strategic tradeoff can save the bill-and the party's future. The House's passage of health-care reform is the clearest sign yet that the... (more) The Dems' Smart Abortion Move

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theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 25 days ago
Whither Dems? GOPers Say They Should Move To Center
— theplumline.whorunsgov.com — Republicans are already capitalizing on yesterday’s results to urge Dems to move to the political center —... and a debate is going to break out among Dems over whether that’s the right course or whether Dems need to firm up their ... (more) Whither Dems? GOPers Say They Should Move To Center

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Daily Kos:  HCR House Debate: The Stupak Amendment

Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:  Pelosi Has the Votes

The Reaction:  Dems "have the votes" in House; anti-abortion Stupak Amendment passes

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HCR House Debate: The Stupak Amendment
Daily Kos — ... Where are we on the abortion standoff? Still fighting, from all reports. Politico reports that leadership has twisted arms in the vast majority of the caucus which is pro-choice, and Stupak won't be the poison pill. ...

Pelosi Has the Votes
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — "Hours before an expected vote on a sweeping health care bill, House Democrats believe they've secured the 218 votes they need to approve the bill, several party insiders said," Politico reports. ...

Dems "have the votes" in House; anti-abortion Stupak Amendment passes
The Reaction — ... The Hill and Politico are reporting that Democrats have the 218 votes necessary to pass the health-care reform bill. ...

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Update on Pro-Life Healthcare Amendment in House
blogs.cbn.com 22 days ago — In case you haven't heard, pro-life lawmakers won a big battle against liberals late last night when they struck a deal with the Democratic House Leadership (Pelosi and Hoyer) that will allow them to offer much stricter language on abortion coverage ...
Stupak Amendment Gets Help From Liberal Columnist — The Brody File
I can just see it now. House and Senate Republicans reading parts of liberal Washington Post Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. on the House and Senate floor. Have you seen his editorial on abortion and healthcare? He doesn't do Nancy Pelosi, Diana DeGette and the House pro-choice liberals any favors ...
Don’t Let Abortion Destroy Health Care Reform — Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
By E.J. Dionne Pro-choice Democrats need to accept that their House majority depends on a large cadre of anti-abortion colleagues. They can denounce that reality, or they can learn to live with it. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries November 11, 2009 Where Does the Caving End?  ...
Pro-Abortion Senator who Could Live with Stupak is Attacked by Net-roots & Caves — RedState
The difference between the U.S. House and U.S. Senate debate on the Stupak amendment is stark. The pro-abortion Members of Congress in the House, and pro-abortion groups like NARAL and Planned Parenthood, rolled over and did not threaten to derail the bill because Speaker Pelosi asked them to ...
Kratovil Votes No on Health Care Reform — Maryland Politics Watch
The headline says it all. He was one of the 39 Democrats to bolt. See how every rep voted in the NY Times . Interestingly, this was after he voted against the successful anti-choice/pro-life amendment to bill. My guess is that Speaker Pelosi had more votes in reserve but that Democrats who felt ...
Jillian Bandes: Pro-Life Democrats Enabled Passage Of Health Care Bill — Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog
Thirty-two Democrats oppose the thing, but Pelosi still has the 218 votes she needs to get it passed. The biggest irony of the day is that after inserting pro-life language into the bill, Pelosi managed to secure the...
Gingrey Will Vote Yes, But Some Pro-Life Republicans May Oppose Stupak Amendment — Weekly Standard Blog
Pro-life John Shadegg tells Politico that he plans to vote present on the Stupak amendment to ban federal funding of abortions in the health-care bill: “(Nancy) Pelosi is speaker and she’s pro abortion every minute of every hour of every day as speaker,” Shadegg said in an interview with ...
Update: Stupak Passes 240 to 193; Gingrey Will Vote Yes, But Some Pro-Life Republicans May Oppose Stupak Amendment — Weekly Standard Blog
Pro-life John Shadegg tells Politico that he plans to vote present on the Stupak amendment to ban federal funding of abortions in the health-care bill: “(Nancy) Pelosi is speaker and she’s pro abortion every minute of every hour of every day as speaker,” Shadegg said in an interview with ...
The House vote on Obamacare — PoliPundit.com
Nancy Pelosi has to contend with pro-life Democrats , pro-abortion Democrats, pro-illegal-immigration Democrats , Blue Dogs , ultra-liberals , skittish freshmen … There’s going to be so much arm twisting it’ll make your head spin!
It’s a Power Grab, Pure and Simple — Vodkapundit
I’m pro-choice and I find Nancy Pelosi’s latest gambit repugnant. Honestly, is there nothing from the far left wishlist that Pelosi won’t hide under the banner of “health reform?”
No Public Money for Abortion -- By: The Editors — Articles on National Review Online
I t is easy to forget that there are pro-life Democrats, and even pro-life Democrats committed enough on the issue to stand athwart health-care legislation coveted by President Obama. But Rep. Bart Stupak (D., Mich.) threatens to do exactly that, while Nancy Pelosi and her circle are ...