tools.advomatic.com - 11/7/2009
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Don't restrict a women's right to choose! The House bill already contains a compromise that reflects the status quo and current law: It prohibits federal funds from being used for abortion but still allows women to use their own money to buy the coverage they need. This is a fair compromise that ...
firedoglake.com - 11/8/2009
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firedoglake.com —
Do you like that headline? Because that’s what
I’m feeling right now after the betrayal of my...
support for Democrats, now that the Stupak Amendment passed 240 to 194 and with 64 Democrats voting Yea. It’s a fundamental part of our ...
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Stupak Amendment Passes; 64 Dems Ask for Primary Opponents
huffingtonpost.com - 11/7/2009
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huffingtonpost.com —
The House of Representatives is set to vote
on major health care reform legislation today. Check this...
page throughout the day for the latest news, or follow live streaming video and Twitter updates HERE . 9:20 AM ET -- Bishops endorse health ...
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House Health Care Vote: Breaking Updates
fdlaction.firedoglake.com - 11/7/2009
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The Stupak amendment would prevent any private health
insurance plan from covering elective abortion, if even one...
of its customer used even one dollar of affordability tax credits. The problem is that the Stupak amendment will conflict directly with ...
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Stupak Amendment Could Likely Be Used By Insurance ...
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House okays vote barring funding for abortion in HCR bill
Daily Kos —
... Minnick (D, ID-01) Neal (D, MA-02) Nye (D, VA-02) Obey (D, WI-07) Owens (D, NY-23) Ruppersberger (D, MD-02) Ryan, T. (D, OH-17) Salazar (D, CO-03) Space (D, OH-18) Contact info for representative here. And more great information in pronin2's diary. Update: Here's a handy tool for making calls. mcjoan
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Two ways to whip choice on the health bill...
Open Left - Quick Hits's RSS Feed —
Planned Parenthood tells you what you can do here:
http://www.examiner.com/examin...
Digby offers another suggestion:
http://tools.advomatic.com/8/a...
HCR House Debate: The Stupak Amendment
Daily Kos —
... , the members to target and the toll-free numbers to use to call. They're repeated below the fold, just to make the point that you need to call. You can use this great tool from HCAN. ...
House Health Care Floor Debate Begins--Whipping Continues
Open Left - Front Page —
At 2PM EST, floor debate has just begun.
Above all, the Stupak Amendment needs to be whipped against. It will ban all abortion coverage to any plan in the exchange that get federal subsidy. There will be no option to pay for it out of pocket. It's extremely authoritarian and anti-womean. It's a massive extension of the Hyde Amendment.
HCAN's whip tool is here.
As an HCAN email explains:
* The core premise of health reform is that - if you like the coverage you have - you can keep it. Yet for the ...
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firedoglake.com 11/9/2009 — The Stupak Amendment went down about 8:12 p.m. ET, more Nays than Yays on a voice vote. Rep. Stupak immediately asked for a recorded vote, though, but the vote was delayed until after the Republicans had a debate about their own substitute health ...
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For the most part, the ...
The Stupak amendment: As much about class as about choice
voices.washingtonpost.com 11/9/2009 — Rep. Bart Stupak's amendment did not make abortion illegal. And it did not block the federal government from subsidizing abortion. All it did was block it from subsidizing abortion for poorer women.
Stupak's amendment stated that the public option ...
Abortion key to health vote —
First Read 11/6/2009
From NBC's Domenico Montanaro, Mike Viqueira, and Luke RussertDems "intend" to bring the health reform bill to a vote tomorrow. As many as 20 to 30 votes could hinge on abortion. Fix abortion, bill passes, one Democrat said.
Many of these ...