I still do not understand how they can change the wording of the Senate bill to take out abortion. I thought they could not change it. I know Dems make up their own rules.
So what is Stupak’s game?
1. He will vote for it if they pull abortion out which looks impossible and they will dupe him anyway.
2. Or is his group really against ObamaCare and abrotion and using it to torpedo Obamacare? His district is probably safe unless the Dems run someone. I think he and his group could still win in Nov if they vote no.
Another source quoted Stupak as saying that he had offered Pelosi 7 or 8 different ideas to address the abortion funding objections and she didn't want to hear them. I think it's safe to say that he and his coalition would probably vote for the Senate bill if it did not allow for federal funding of abortions.
I think he's using his leverage to get enough people in the House and the Senate to consider whether health care reform is important enough to them that it would be worth dropping the abortion funding.
I think Stupak and his ilk want Pelosi and Reid to try to cobble together enough votes with the abortion funding dropped. If it's that or nothing, Pelosi and Reid might be able to get it done. But it would take more time and time is something they do not have.
Another source quoted Stupak as saying that he had offered Pelosi 7 or 8 different ideas to address the abortion funding objections and she didn't want to hear them. I think it's safe to say that he and his coalition would probably vote for the Senate bill if it did not allow for federal funding of abortions.
I think he's using his leverage to get enough people in the House and the Senate to consider whether health care reform is important enough to them that it would be worth dropping the abortion funding.
I think Stupak and his ilk want Pelosi and Reid to try to cobble together enough votes with the abortion funding dropped. If it's that or nothing, Pelosi and Reid might be able to get it done. But it would take more time and time is something they do not have.
I don’t get it either. It was my understanding that in order to pass, both bills MUST have the exact same language.