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Stupak’s amendment, by not allowing a private insurance company to sell a policy to anyone if they receive any amount of affordability tax credits, would make it impossible for a private insurance plan that covers abortion to survive on the individual and small group market. Stupak has threatened to bring down the entire bill if he does not get his amendment. Rep. Stupak called all previous “compromises” that had been offered “unacceptable.”
In the past few days, several efforts have been made to try to find a compromise that would be acceptable to the bulk of the Democratic caucus. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN) had been leading efforts to find a new compromise. How many Democrats will follow Stupak’s lead and try to bring down reform over the issue is not clear at this time. With a very close vote expect on the bill, this could signal that the Democrats do not currently have the votes to pass the bill in the House.
UPDATE: The Stupak amendment will get a vote on the floor.
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holy moly
Are there any grownups left there?
No!! Does anyone know if Stupak voted for the Iraq War?
I can’t tell whether I’m angrier that this anti-women amendment gets a vote at all or that it could be accepted and become law. At what point will the women of this country stopped being political fodder!
I think this piece of human garbage needs to be primaried. The legacy Henry Hyde, may he burn in hell, and a similar amendment decades ago, has haunted us to this day.
Why are the anti-choice people allowed to exempt themselves from taxes for things they are morally opposed to? Where’s my GITMO tax refund? Where’s my Iraq War rebate? Where’s my money I spent on torture, rendition, wiretapping, and Cheney?
Don’t people understand the point of The Commons anymore? There are things our government does that we object to, but for the purposes of commonality we all participate.
Or, I guess, we don’t.
Oh great, a poison pill for the main bill. Just what we needed. I expect an ugly ugly day tomorrow.
IF the dems want to kiss off the women’s vote . . . I dare them. The mid-terms will be a freaking disaster for them. If we’re going to have a theocracy, let the rethugs be responsible for it.
Damn Rahm and his big tent full of crapping elephants dressed up as *sses.
Bart Stupak is talking about the amendment now. All women should take note of who votes for it when the vote is held and likewise vote against Mr. Stupak and his co-conspirators in 2010. We will stand with you.
The country has had all it can take of people who don’t want the government to control much other than every American’s body and anything that allows their masters to profit. Let November 2010 be a day of knives that will put the fear of voters into quasi-conservatives once and for all.
Which means as always it is important to pay extremely close attention to how the votes will be counted and who and what will be counting them.