There's a huge difference between 10 and 20. In fact, only nine members who said they would vote down the bill without the Stupak amendment ended up voting for final passage. The rest of those members voted against the bill anyway. So 10 is probably the real number, as confirmed by James Clyburn last week. Chris Bowers has a target list for how to find those 8-10 votes if Stupak is stripped. And it's...
Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., isn't making many friends with one of his party's key constituencies. The amendment he drafted and got attached to the House's healthcare reform bill, which restricts abortion coverage, has become perhaps the most controversial aspect of the legislation on the left. And now he's taking a tough line on the possibility that the amendment could be changed or stripped altogether....
In early September, Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), the third-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, told Fox News host Andrew Napolitano that, "There's nothing in the Constitution that says that the federal government has anything to do with most of the stuff we do." Unfortunately, writes Associate Editor Damon W. Root, Clyburn was all too correct. Congress routinely oversteps its...
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have already taken to task the allegedly 40 anti-abortion conservative Democrats who threatened to scuttle the House health care bill if they did not get a vote on the Stupak-Pitts Amendment. House Majority Whip James Clyburn...
In a story about Representative Bart Stupak, D-Yooperville, making threats -"there will be hell to pay" - if his amendment prohibiting is struck down, Steve Benen of the Washington Monthly quotes the office of GOP Minority Whip Eric Cantor as "if defeating Stupak wouldn't [have changed] the outcome on Saturday, then it is clearly evident that having it in and sparking a civil war amongst...
Devvy -- Health Care: Tell the Senate NO, we will sue -- 11/12/09 Past and present members of Congress and cabinet members, have made it perfectly clear the U.S. Constitution means nothing. It is merely a prop and no longer of any concern to them. Here are but a few examples: "The dirty little secret is that both houses of Congress are irrelevant...America's domestic policy is now being run by...
First, thank you to all our veterans for their service and sacrifice. This Veteran's day we're a bit caught up in the upkeep of grant reports, so he's a quick run down of the news and issues that caught our attention: Tuesdays with Harry : Politico reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took procedural steps yesterday that would allow him to open debate on a bill Tuesday next week . Of course...
House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) is joining other high-ranking Democrats ( see this Vital Signs post from yesterday ) who promise that the pro-life protections that were part of the health care bill that squeaked out of the Congress last weekend will be removed. "I think that's what's gonna happen," Clyburn said during an appearance on MSNBC when asked if Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich.)...
40 Democrats voted for the Stupak amendment. But House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) says it actually netted about 10 votes for the Dems' health care reform bill. In other words, if push came to shove, 30 of those Dems...
It looks like the anti-abortion amendment that kept the Health Care Destruction bill moving in the House will be stripped out in conference. The health bill approved by the House will likely see its abortion amendment stripped, the House's third-ranking Democrat stressed Tuesday. House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said he believes that the amendment restricting federal funding for abortion...
When I recently asked Congressman James Clyburn, the third ranking Democrat in the House, to tell me "Where in the Constitution the federal government is authorized to regulate everyone's healthcare--, he replied that most of what Congress does is not authorized by the Constitution, but they do it anyway . There you have it. More>>>
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, left, and Rep. George Miller (D-Martinez) after the vote, rallied her party for months. resident Barack Obama stands with House Majority Whip James Clyburn, Rep. Joe Crowley, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Rep. Xavier Becerra and Rep. John Larson after a caucus meeting on Capitol Hill on Saturday. House...
"We had a very uplifting meeting," said Representative James Clyburn on the leadership's meeting with Obama. "...On this day when we will be making history with our vote," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Let's hope so. Contrast that with this:
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 7: Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY) (L), House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Rep. John Larson (D-CT) and Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) watch as President Barack Obama gives Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) a kiss after a caucus meeting on Capitol Hill November 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. US President Barack Obama spoke with members of...
Rep James Clyburn (D-SC) was asked today how the votes were coming on the House version of Health Care Reform. He said things were working out well, and when asked if there had been any changes in the situation he responded, "Well, we picked up two votes today." Those two votes would be the result of the Resurgence of the CPoR in the Nov elections. You may note that the Governors of NJ &...
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