Rep. Bart Stupak

Democrat  •  1st District, Michigan  •  9th Term  •  Sworn In 1993
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 96%
  • Abstains: 5%

11/08/09
House votes strict ban on abortion subsidies

...health care plan that Democrats would establish to compete with private insurers. The 240-194 vote on an amendment by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., was a blow to liberals, who would have allowed the Obama administration and its successors to decide whether

11/08/09
ACLJ Applauds Passage of Pro-Life Stupak/Pitts Amendment – Only Bright Spot in Flawed Health Care Bill in U.S. House

... The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) tonight applauded the passage of the pro-life amendment offered by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich) and Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-Penn) which prohibits federal funding of abortion under the health care bill in the U.S

Source: PR-Inside.com
11/07/09
House opens debate on health care overhaul bill

...at midnight Friday after hours of intense negotiations brokered by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Democratic Reps. Bart Stupak of Michigan, Brad Ellsworth of Indiana and other abortion opponents fought for and won an opportunity to insert tougher

11/07/09
Health vote inching forward

...industry practices such as denying coverage on the basis of pre-existing medical conditions. Under the arrangement, Reps. Bart Stupak of Michigan, Brad Ellsworth of Indiana and other abortion opponents were promised an opportunity to insert tougher rest

11/07/09
House Opens Debate On Health Care Overhaul Bill

...at midnight Friday after hours of intense negotiations brokered by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Democratic Reps. Bart Stupak of Michigan, Brad Ellsworth of Indiana and other abortion opponents fought for and won an opportunity to insert tougher

11/07/09
House opens debate on health care overhaul bill

...reached at midnight Friday after hours of intense negotiations brokered by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Democratic Reps. Bart Stupak of Michigan, Brad Ellsworth of Indiana and other abortion opponents fought for and won an opportunity to insert

Source: WJXX
11/07/09
The Final Push

...won't let them.” Inside the Capitol, progressive Democrats were explaining why they will still vote for the bill, even if Rep. Bart Stupak's amendment passes. “If they have the votes, they have the votes,” shrugged Rep. Jim McGovern, a Massachuset

Source: Time Magazine
11/06/09
Democrats Must Clear Remaining Hurdles On Path To Health Vote

...most divisive of the issues, has split enough Democrats from the party to block legislation, one anti-abortion Democrat, Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., said (Soraghan and Hooper, 11/4). One issue comes down to the fine print beneath a plan to move people w

11/06/09
The National Review: No Public Money For Abortion

...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 retreating behind closed doors to frustrate

Source: NPR
11/06/09
House health care vote may be delayed, sources say

...a new insurance exchange that would cover abortion procedures. Anti-abortion rights Democrats, led by Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak, have argued that provisions designed to prevent tax dollars from being used to directly pay for such services are inadequate

Source: CNN
11/05/09
Abortion Continues To Snag Health Reform Legislation, Divide Lawmakers

...proposed placing a requirement in the bill that "pro-life" insurance plans be available to all Americans; meanwhile, Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., has proposed outright banning insurance plans that receive federal subsidies from covering abortions. Ellswor

11/05/09
Abortion compromise sought for health bill

...would flatly prohibit the public plan from paying for elective abortions," Johnson said. That amendment was offered by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich. Johnson said Ellsworth's proposal authorized "a money-laundering scheme under which the health secretary wou

11/05/09
GOP lawmaker claims protests may force delay to Saturday vote

...said that Republicans may be able to defeat the rule for the bill, effectively stopping it in its track, if Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), the leader of pro-life Democrats, decides to join with Republicans in opposing the rules governing that debate. The t

Source: The Hill
11/04/09
Abortion language complicates Democratic health efforts

...bill to the floor until an amendment can be offered or language agreed to that will prevent public funding for abortion," Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) said Tuesday, adding that negotiations with House leaders were ongoing. Stupak wants an up-or-down floor

11/04/09
Pro-life Dems call anti-abortion language a 'sham'

...opponents that federal money could be used for abortions under the current language of the House healthcare bill. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) has been spearheading an anti-abortion effort and says that he has another 40 members committed to vote against

Source: The Hill
11/04/09
Stupak, Denied Up-Or-Down Vote on Abortion Funding, Vows to Block Health-Care Bill

...to oppose bringing the bill to the floor for a vote until a clean vote against public funding for abortion is allowed," Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) said Monday in a statement. He said last week that 40 Democrats could vote with him to oppose the legislat

11/04/09
Democrats: Abortion compromise does not break 72-hour promise

...allowing federal funds to go toward abortions. The fight began over the summer at the Energy and Commerce Committee when Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) offered an amendment seeking to address the use of federal funds for abortions that was rejected. Ever si

Source: The Hill
11/03/09
Democrats' concern over abortion may imperil health bill

...to oppose bringing the bill to the floor for a vote until a clean vote against public funding for abortion is allowed," Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., said Monday in a statement. He said last week that 40 Democrats could vote with him to oppose the legislat

11/03/09
Abortion Part of Health Care Reform Still in Question

...later this week, and it may have just gotten more complicated. Fox News has learned that Elaine Olsen, the mother-in-law of Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) passed away unexpectedly Sunday in Escanaba, Mich.  His unexpected absence could profoundly impact the o

Source: FOX News
11/03/09
Abortion funding opens rift in House health bill

...generally organized by state or region, to offer at least one insurance plan that doesn't include abortion services. To Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., such policies would "depart from current laws in important and troubling ways." For the past 32 years,

Source: McClatchy
11/02/09
Opposing view: Add abortion restrictions

...and I am excited that we are closer than ever to that goal. But reform must address legitimate concerns, including the public funding of abortion. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., is author of an amendment to ban abortion coverage under the health reform bill

Source: USA Today
10/31/09
Pence to Pentagon: Rethink decision to offer H1N1 vaccine to Gitmo detainees

...the vaccine, the detainees in Guantanamo Bay should not be given preferential treatment to receive the H1N1 vaccination," Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) wrote in a letter to Secretary of the Army John McHugh on Friday. Pence, too, shared Stupak's concerns,

Source: The Hill
10/31/09
Congressmen Decry Obama Admin's Move to Give Scarce H1N1 Shots to Gitmo Terrorists

...last night that 114 children have died from the Swine Flu since April. The Hill reports that Rep. Mike Pence (R, Ind.) and Rep. Bart Stupak (D, Mich.) think that Americans deserve those shots more than al Qaeda terrorists: "As long as Americans must wai

10/30/09
Rep. Miller: No amendments likely as healthcare bill moves forward

...abortions. That’s because people could be offered subsidies to buy private insurance that would include abortion. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) wants to offer an amendment that prevents plans that cover abortion from being part of the “exchanges” set

Source: The Hill
10/30/09
Stupak Pushes Ahead with Abortion Demands - Though "Could Accept" Amendment Loss

...D.C., October 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan clarified his goals for the health care bill in a column for The Hill Thursday, saying he would keep pushing hard for a chance to vote on a pro-life amendment on the Hou

Source: LifeSite.net
10/29/09
Stupak Town Hall Video: I Would Ultimately Vote for Abortion-Expanding Health Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 29, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A video released by the Heritage Foundation blog appears to show Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak, whose efforts against the health care bill's abortion expansion had emerged as the pro-life

Source: LifeSite.net
10/29/09
The Big Question: Could abortion be a deal-breaker on healthcare reform?

...funding stream of the abortion industry and guarantee that abortions will increase. The ball is now in the hands of Rep. Bart Stupak and his colleagues to stand up against Nancy Pelosi and for the unborn. Douglas Johnson, legislative director of the Nat

Source: The Hill
10/28/09
Terry Jeffrey: Bravest Congressman is Calling Obama's Bluff

...bravest member of the House of Representatives, Democrat Bart Stupak of Michigan, is calling President Barack Obama's bluff on the question of federal funding of abortion in the health care bill. Like other members, Stupak was sitting in the House chamb

Source: Town Hall
10/27/09
Rep. Stupak calls on President Obama to act to support abortion funding restrictions

...D.C., Oct 27, 2009 / 02:17 pm (CNA).- Pro-life Democratic Congressman Bart Stupak (D-MI) has called on President Obama to back up his stated support for the exclusion of abortion funding from health care legislation. Recounting how congressional leaders

10/27/09
America can only be Right: How Obama Lied about Abortion in ObamaCare

...Told Congress ‘Our Plan’ Doesn’t Fund Abortion Monday, October 26, 2009 Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief (CNSNews.com) - Rep. Bart Stupak (D.-Mich.) told CNSNews.com that President Barack Obama told him in a telephone conversation that when he

Source: Town Hall

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