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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Shultz admits that the Stupak Amendment will most likely not be in the final health care bill
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Senior Dem 'confident' Stupak amendment will be stripped
Senior Dem 'confident' Stupak amendment will be stripped
thehill.com — A top House Democrat said Monday she's "confident" that a conference committee will strip language in the House health bill on taxpayer funding for abortion. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the Democrats' chief deputy whip in the House, said ... (more) Senior Dem 'confident' Stupak amendment will be stripped
Obama, House Dems confident on health care vote      (AP)
Obama, House Dems confident on health care vote (AP)
news.yahoo.com — AP - Buoyed by two major endorsements, House Democratic leaders on Thursday predicted swift passage of President Barack Obama's historic health overhaul initiative. The president himself declared, "We are closer to passing this reform than ever ... (more) Obama, House Dems confident on health care vote (AP)
Hoyer ‘Reasonably Confident’ of Abortion Deal in Health Bill
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Will Stupak Survive? -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
The Corner on National Review Online — Not if Debbie Wasserman Schultz has anything to do with it. On MSNBC a few minutes ago, she said: “I am confident that the Stupak amendment will not be in the final version of the bill -- we will be working very hard to eliminate it.” ...

Senior Democrat 'confident' Stupak abortion amendment will be stripped
Home/News — A top House Democrat said Monday she's "confident" that a conference committee will strip language in the House health bill on taxpayer funding for abortion. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the Democrats' chief deputy whip in the House, said that she and other pro-choice lawmakers would work to strip the amendment included in the House health bill that bars federal funding from going to subsidize abortions. "I am confident that when it comes back from the conference committee that that language won't be there," Wasserman Schultz said during an appearance on MSNBC. "And I think we're all going to be working very hard, ...

Senior Democrat is 'confident' that Stupak amendment will be stripped
Home/News — A House Democratic leader said Monday she's “confident” controversial language on abortion will be stripped from a final healthcare bill. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the Democrats’ chief deputy whip in the House, said that she and other pro-abortion rights lawmakers would work to strip the amendment included in the House health bill that bars federal funding from going to subsidize abortions. “I am confident that when it comes back from the conference committee that that language won't be there,” Wasserman Schultz said during an appearance on MSNBC. “And I think we're all going to be working very hard, particularly the ...

Senior Dem 'confident' Stupak amendment will be stripped
News — A top House Democrat said Monday she's "confident" that a conference committee will strip language in the House health bill on taxpayer funding for abortion. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the Democrats' chief deputy whip in the House, said that she and other pro-choice lawmakers would work to strip the amendment included in the House health bill that bars federal funding from going to subsidize abortions. "I am confident that when it comes back from the conference committee that that language won't be there," Wasserman Schultz said during an appearance on MSNBC. "And I think we're all going to be working very hard, ...

House Dem Leader: We’ll Get Abortion Funding Back In the Bill (Video)
Gateway Pundit — Of course they will. …Was there ever a doubt? Representative Debbie Wasserman Shultz (R-FL) admitted today that the Stupak Amendment will most likely not be in the final health care bill: Via HotAir

House Dem: Conference committee will strip Stupak amendment
Hot Air » Top Picks — House Dem: Conference committee will strip Stupak amendment posted at 1:36 pm on November 9, 2009 by Ed Morrissey Share on Facebook | printer-friendly With the opposition to ObamaCare wondering whether Republicans should have voted “present” on the Stupak amendment rather than let it pass, The Hill reports that Democrats expect the amendment to get stripped in committee anyway.  Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) says that a conference committee will remove the addendum that has so many Democrats unhappy with the House version of health-care reform — and that provided enough screen for Blue Dogs to jump on the ...

VIDEO: Rep. Wasserman Schultz 'confident' that Stupak amendment will be stripped
The Political Carnival — By GottaLaff I hope she's right: A House Democratic leader said Monday she's “confident” controversial language on abortion will be stripped from a final healthcare bill. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the Democrats’ chief deputy whip in the House, said that she and other pro-abortion rights lawmakers would work to strip the amendment included in the House health bill that bars federal funding from going to subsidize abortions.A letter signed by 41 House Democrats was sent to Nancy Pelosi vowing a ...

House Democrat: House Dem: Conference committee will strip out anti-abortion amendment
Hyscience — As though we needed more evidence that the Stupak amendment was a sham, and was allowed by Pelosi in order to provide just enough cover for Blue Dogs to jump on the bandwagon at the last minute, there's this. Via the Hill: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the Democrats' chief deputy whip in the House, said that she and other pro-choice lawmakers would work to strip the amendment included in the House health bill that bars federal funding from going to subsidize abortions. "I am confident that when it comes back from the conference committee that that language won't be there," Wasserman Schultz said ...

House Dem Feeling Confident That The Senate Will Put Abortion Funding Back In The Health Care Bill
Say Anything — Was there ever any doubt that this would happen? Of course, Democrats may be slitting their throats with this.  By all appearances, the health care debate isn’t going to go nearly as quickly in the Senate as in the House.  There isn’t likely to get it’s first vote until January, and perhaps longer if Republican efforts to delay the bill come to fruition.  If the Senate ultimately passes a bill in the early part of 2010 and it includes abortion there will need to be another vote in the House to approve the changes so that both houses ...

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