Friday 11 September 2009

Stupak, Not Stupid

I have been informed on excellent authority:

A leading pro-life Democrat in the House is threatening to block healthcare reform if Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) doesn’t allow a vote that would prevent the bill from funding abortions.

Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), co-chairman of the House Pro-Life Caucus, says the Democratic leadership must allow a vote adding the “Hyde Amendment” to the bill. That amendment prevents federal dollars from going to abortion funding.

“First of all, you have to give us our vote,” Stupak told CBN News, repeating the message he’s relaying to the Democratic leadership. “If you don’t give us our vote, everything’s off the table.”

Stupak said he has enough votes to block the legislation in the House if the Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) prevents a vote on the pro-life proposal.

Stupak added that he’s particularly “cautious” about the Hyde Amendment language because the Obama administration has helped beat back previous pro-life efforts this year.

“Every time we’ve tried to do it this year, under this administration, we’ve kind of been denied the opportunity to present our amendments, or we have some watered down language,” Stupak said.

Whether in the House or in the Senate, this one will be won. Even if a Bill without it reached Obama’s desk, he is now very publicly committed to not signing any such Bill. And a Bill that he cannot sign is not going to happen. Not now. Not this time.

2 comments:

  1. Stupak's threat will only hold up if the Republicans stand firm. Liberal Republicans such as the Bushes are now supporting Obama. Laura Bush spoke out recently in favour of Obama's address to American schoolchildren. The abortion version of Obamacare will probably get through with Republican votes.

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  2. The Republicans have always been the abortion party. How many elections do they have to win, followed by absolutely no chnage in the abortion law, for this to become apparent? Few or none more, it now seems.

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