Jezebel (Free subscription) | yesterday
As disturbing as the trade-in of abortion rights for healthcare reform is, it now looks like House Democrats won't let abortion coverage go down without a fight. Greg Sargent reports at least 41... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Amspecblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Greg Sargent has obtained a working copy of a letter in which 41 House Democrats pledge to vote against a health care bill that includes the Stupak amendment that would prevent taxpayer...
Griper Blade (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
... has become -- pretty much out of the blue -- abortion rights and coverage. The always insightful Greg Sargent explains the situation: One side point: It will be much tougher for pro-choice Dems to cave and support the bill with Stupak than it was for House progressives to cave and back the bill despite its lack of a robust public option. Here’s why: Because the public option...
First Read (Free subscription) | yesterday
From NBC's Bobby Cervantes Some 41 pro-choice House Democrats have signed on to a letter headed to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk that states their intention to vote against a conference committee report if the Stupak-Pitts anti-abortion amendment remains as is, according to a draft of the letter obtained by Greg Sargent . The amendment, which the House passed by a 240-to-196 vote...
Progressive Blue - Front Page (Free subscription) | yesterday
Health care reform quick hits and commentary. 41 House Democrats say that the Stupak amendment is a deal breaker. More on the Congressional side of this from Brian Beutler , David Dayden , and Greg Sargent again. Sam Stein and McJoan on President Obama's reaction. Robert Gibbs' initial statement was pathetic. There are some things the Administration needs to be clear about, and this is...
Political Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
"In a move that will intensify the coming war over how to treat abortion in the health care bill, more than three dozen House Dems have signed a letter to Nancy Pelosi firmly pledging to vote against the bill if it contains an anti-abortion amendment," Greg Sargent reports. "A source sends over a working copy of the letter without the signatories, and the source says it...
Plunderbund (Free subscription) | yesterday
This Stupak amendment is going to have to get changed greatly or jettisoned all together. 41 Dems have now signed on to voting against a bill that contains Stupak. Greg Sargent has the letter: November 7, 2009 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker U.S. House of Representatives H-232 Capitol Washington, DC 20515 Dear Madam Speaker: As members of Congress we believe that women should [...]...
TalkLeft (Free subscription) | yesterday
Greg Sargent : A source sends over a working copy of the letter without the signatories, and the source says it currently bears the signatures of 41 House Dems. They're all vowing to vote No on a bill if it contains the Stupak amendment — enough to sink the bill: [. . .] The Stupak-Pitts amendment to H.R. 3962, The Affordable Healthcare for America Act, represents an unprecedented...
The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | yesterday
By GottaLaff Via Greg Sargent , we get a peek at a no-wiggle-room letter to Nancy Pelosi has been signed by 41 House Democrats (emphasis mine): The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker U.S. House of Representatives H-232 Capitol Washington, DC 20515 Dear Madam Speaker: As members of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, we believe that women should have access to a full range of reproductive...
The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | yesterday
By GottaLaff Via Greg Sargent: Obama, in an interview with Jake Tapper , on the inclusion of the Stupak amendment: “ This is a health care bill, not an abortion bill .” He also promises that this will be negotiated over, and seems to reiterate his pledge: “ We’re not restricting women’s insurance choices .” In the same interview, he said: So, you know,...
Zandar Versus The Stupid (Free subscription) | yesterday
Looking ahead to the voting on the final, reconciled Obamacare bill, Greg Sargent finds the battle lines have already been drawn in the House: In a move that will intensify the coming war over how to treat abortion in the health care bill, more than three dozen House Dems have signed a letter to Nancy Pelosi firmly pledging to vote against the bill if it contains an anti-abortion amendment....
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | yesterday
... sanguine view of this legislation. In a letter to Nancy Pelosi , a draft of which was provided to Greg Sargent, 41 House Democrats are pledging to vote against a final bill if it contains this amendment. A source sends over a working copy of the letter without the signatories, and a source says it currently bears the signatures of 41 House Dems. They’re all vowing to vote No...
The Snooper Report (Free subscription) | yesterday
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: Obtained: In Letter To Pelosi, 41 House Dems Pledge To Vote Against Bill With Anti-Abortion Amendment In a move that will intensify the coming war over how to treat abortion in the health care bill, more than three dozen House Dems have signed a letter to Nancy Pelosi firmly pledging to vote against the bill if it contains an anti-abortion amendment. A source...
Suburban Guerrilla (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
From Greg Sargent: In today’s closed-door caucus meeting, President Obama urged House Dems to grasp the magnitude of the historical moment, telling them they were on the cusp of an achievement as momentous as Social Security and Medicare, a House Dem who was there tells me. “He said, `This is it. This is the moment,’” Dem [...]
The National Political Do Not Conta (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Greg Sargent of the Washington Post was able to get the audio from the NRSC that they are sending into 55 Democratic Districts today, as the House goes to vote on Health Care Reform. Here is the audio: Cardoza_IA18_1106.wav (audio/x-wav...
