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Next Steps for the Stupak Abortion Amendment November 9, 2009

The House's passage of the health care bill on Saturday was a big deal, but it was mostly expected. The real new is the Stupak abortion amendment that was tacked onto the bill by conservative Democrats to block anyone using government subsidies to buy insurance from buying a plan that covers abortions, even if the abortion coverage is paid for completely with private premiums. More...

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid [D, NV] is the most powerful person in the Senate right now for deciding what gets included in the health care bill that gets voted on by the Senate and what doesn't. Reid is refereeing negotiations with the chairman of the two Senate committee that have approved health care bills. Among the decisions that need to be made in the process of reconciling the two versions of the bills is what form of a public option, if any, is going to be included.

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Rep. Bart Stupak [D, MI-1] is leading a group of about 40 pro-life House Democrats who are threatening to vote en bloc against the health care bill unless its language prohibiting federal funds for abortions is strengthened. Stupak and his 40 followers are threatening to vote against the rule to bring the bill to the floor unless they are allowed to vote on their abortion amendment on the floor.

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