Posted on 11/09/2009 10:28:42 AM PST by Shellybenoit
The House Obamacare Abortion war is not done. Before the final vote on Saturday night, the house passed the Stupak Amendment, the only bi-partisan part of the bill. Sixty-four Democrats joined Republicans to pass the amendment, which if it wasn't passed would have caused the 40+ pro-life Democrats to vote no, putting Obamacare on the shelf next to Hillarycare. The Stupak amendment prohibits abortion coverage in the public insurance option included in the House bill and would also prevent private plans from offering coverage for abortion services if they accepts people who are receiving government subsidies.
The passing of the Stupak Amendment has roused the pro-choice forces out of their slumber.
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This is too sweet - just have to have a pro-murder provision which no one wants. Go ahead, Pa-lousy.
What kind of nonsense is this? The Dems consciously, or unconsciously, vote to approve a bill and then some of them start screaming about unacceptable statements in the bill that must come out. All politics, no charactor or conviction. What a bunch of flaming idiots.
Some Dhims actually believe in their pro-life stance.
Take it out and see if it passes when it comes back from committee..
So, if
a) the Stupak amendment stands in the final bill 40 pro-choice Dims will change their vote and vote no,
or
b) if the bill is stripped from the final bill 40+ pro-life Dims will vote no.
What a conundrum! :-)
Let that be a lesson. You just can’t trust these people.
I had heard somebody (sorry, bad that I don’t remember who) on Fox late last week saying that the amendment was just a shell game, anyway. That instead of paying directly, we would pay a 3rd party to fund abortions. It was just noise to fool the pro-life voters. I suspect the screaming now is just noise for their base.
b) if the amendment is stripped from the final bill 40+ pro-life Dims will vote no.
This shows how dumb the GOP is. By simply not voting on the amendment they(the GOP) could have killed Obamacare. Dumb! Dumb! Dumb!
Would having voted “present” help?
WHEN oh when are the Republitards going to wake up a realize that they are engaged in a war with the Rats and the Rats are dirty, underhanded, enemy while the Pubes refuse to fight back under any circumstances, less they be seen as "mean" or obstructionist.
Makes me sick!!!
I thought the same thing. They should have just voted no with a statement that the whole thing was unconstitutional.
Just not voting would have killed the bill.
why did the pubs vote for it when without it the blue dogs would not have voted for the bill?
Seems strange to me, they could have just said present and leave it to the blue dogs to vote against thre bill.
bttt
It was dumb and that is what I suggested on an earlier thread. No reason to help the Dems out here.
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