Lordy, Lordy, Lordy.
You're not gonna believe how low down in the weeds we're gonna have to get for this one.
We just learned from mcjoan that Bart Stupak is after a deal that would somehow jam a foot in the health insurance reform door for his...
Stupak takes us into the weeds under the weeds of reconciliation
Is Stupak Getting a Deal?
There's a swirl of reports coming out now that leadership is negotiating with a handful of the Stupak crowd to get their votes. Pelosi says "This bill is about health care and not about abortion. There will be no further changes in the bill." But what's happening outside of this bill? A reminder--the Nelson...
Leave Bart Stupak Alone!
Poor Bart Stupak:
Leading a revolt against President Barack Obama’s healthcare legislation over abortion has been a “living hell” for Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.).
The telephone lines in his Washington and district offices have been “jammed” and he’s gotten more than 1,500 faxes and countless e-mails — most of which he...
Stupak Stlll Feeling Spurned
And where does a spurned Democrat go? To Fox News.
"Has the Speaker come to you since I last spoke to you last week," said Van Susteren "or even Congressman Steny Hoyer, anyone come to you in the top leadership and talked to you, said down and said, you know, What's your...
Stupak Spurned: The Hissy Fits Escalate
The behavior of Bart Stupak over the last several months, but particularly the last few weeks, in the hcr debate has been deplorable. He refuses to acknowledge the reality that his crusade is built on a lie--the lie that there is federal funding for abortion coverage in the Senate bill. Now that he's not the...
Hoyer Confirms: No Stupak Negotiations
Yesterday's report that Dems were leaving Stupak behind was greeted, justifiably, with skepticism. After all, following the hourly developments in the process is enough to cause whiplash.
But today the Stupak story is confirmed, at least on the part of one Dem leader, Steny Hoyer.
House Majority Leader Steny...
Dems will Move Ahead on HCR without Stupak
In the best news all day category, House leadership has washed their hands of Stupak. There really wasn't any way around it, since he refused to budge. But it also suggests that leadership doesn't think the 12 supporters Stupak has claimed are firm in their support of him.
Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman...
Forty-One Pro-Choice Republican Senators
Boy, Republicans will go to any length to maintain their status as the Party of No:
All 41 Republican Senators vowed in a letter today to do everything in their power to kill Democrats' health care legislation and vote en bloc against procedural motions Democrats want to use to fix the health...
Stupak and Backers Still Wrong on Abortion Funding
Should health insurance reform allow direct government subsidies for abortion? Yes, it should. Should we drop the Hyde Amendment, the law that has, since 1976, barred spending of government money for abortions under Medicaid except in cases of incest and rape, and when the woman's life is at risk? Yes, we should.
But, contrary...
Stupak Willing to Kill Reform
Ah, that's the way to show your pro-life values, keep millions of people uninsured if you can't force poor and middle class women to resort to illegal abortions.
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A top Democratic US lawmaker said Thursday abortion foes are ready to kill President Barack Obama's huge health overhaul unless it...
The Stupak Problem
It appears that Stupak isn't going away:
I was pleased to see that President Obama’s health care proposal did not include several of the sweetheart deals provided to select states in the Senate bill. Unfortunately, the President's proposal encompasses the Senate language allowing public funding of abortion. The Senate language is a...
Anti-Choice Groups Line Up Against Obama Health Plan
For the anti-choice groups, it's Stupak Coathanger amendment or nothing.
The new White House health care bill doesn't change the more lenient Senate-passed abortion provisions, and now the pro-life group known as Susan B. Anthony's List is saying that it will pressure pro-life lawmakers to oppose the compromise.
More than 30...
