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Why I Wrote The 'Stupak Amendment' And Voted For Health-Care Reform
Washington Post ^ | March 26, 2010 | Bart Stupak

Posted on 03/26/2010 8:09:16 PM PDT by Steelfish

Why I Wrote The 'Stupak Amendment' And Voted For Health-Care Reform

By Bart Stupak March 27, 2010

When I saw that Kathleen Parker's March 24 op-ed, "Stupak's original sin," defined me as a "backstabber," it reminded me of a Bible verse. Matthew 7:3 asks, "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?"

The true motives of many blogs and organizations claiming to be pro-life have become clear in recent days: to politicize life issues as a means to defeat health care reform. One group even sent an e-mail to supporters saying they are "working feverishly to stop this legislation from going forward."

The pro-life groups rallied behind me -- many without my knowledge or consent -- not necessarily because they shared my goals of ensuring protections for life and passing health-care reform but because they viewed me as their best chance to kill health-care legislation.

Last November, an amendment I introduced succeeded in making sure the House health-care-reform bill contained the current law prohibiting public funding for abortions. I was disappointed that the Senate could not pass my language and only mustered 45 pro-life votes, far short of the 60 votes needed to keep the amendment intact.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: 111th; bartstupak; bhohealthcare; democrats; healthcare; obama; obamacare; prolife; stupak; stupakamendment
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To: Steelfish
Once it was clear that the House leadership would eventually obtain the 216 votes necessary to pass health-care reform, I was left with a choice: Vote against the bill and watch it become law with no further protections for life or reach an agreement that prevents federal funding for abortions

Lies. First of all, if Spupak and his gang stood their ground the Dems never would've reached 216. Secondly, Obama's executive order isn't law, and won't prevent federal abortion funding.

Stupak = pro-abortion.

21 posted on 03/26/2010 8:16:39 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Steelfish

Far too little, far too late, Mr. Stupak.


22 posted on 03/26/2010 8:17:14 PM PDT by DemforBush (Somebody wake me when sanity has returned to the nation.)
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To: Steelfish

23 posted on 03/26/2010 8:18:05 PM PDT by garjog (u)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
James 3:13-17
24 posted on 03/26/2010 8:18:07 PM PDT by Hoodat (For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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To: Steelfish

What an absolute, uneducated simpleton. What a tool... What a pathetic excuse for a Catholic.


25 posted on 03/26/2010 8:18:15 PM PDT by TCH (DON'T BE AN "O-HOLE"! ... DEMAND YOUR STATE ENACT ITS SOVEREIGNTY !)
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To: 4Speed

You are correct. Your post is as far as I have to read.


26 posted on 03/26/2010 8:18:16 PM PDT by Bronzy
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Bart now wants 15 million federal taxpayer dollars to paint the Mackinac Bridge.

I live in Virginia. Why is this my responsibility?


27 posted on 03/26/2010 8:19:40 PM PDT by freespirited (I'm against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise. --Robert Frost)
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To: Steelfish

He could have saved himself a lot of words and wrote, “Because I’m a Democrat, dummy”.

The only justice is that the New, Big F*cking Deal will follow this soul-less attention whore to his grave, and beyond.


28 posted on 03/26/2010 8:19:50 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: Steelfish

Save it stupak...you’re a sellout and will forever be known as the traitor who brought down America...and...a liar.


29 posted on 03/26/2010 8:22:33 PM PDT by FrankR (Those of us who love AMERICA far outnumber those who love obama - your choice.)
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To: Natural Law

Stupak seems to be reasoning that since most pro-life people are conservatives who would not have wanted most of the other provisions of Obamacare, that was the only reason they wanted Stupak to hold out for his amendment.

That EO is not going to do squat. Some almost universally loathed abortion advocate (so as to take the lightning rod away from Planned Barrenhood) is going to sue and that EO will be gone like a sheet of toilet paper before a 12 inch cannon.


30 posted on 03/26/2010 8:23:04 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: Gay State Conservative

Let’s give Stupid the benefit of the doubt and say the executive order will stop government funded abortion. I want to know why he voted for a bill that destroys the economy, bankrupts the country, ruins our health care system and shreds our right to privacy?


31 posted on 03/26/2010 8:24:20 PM PDT by peeps36 (Democrats Don't Need No Stinking Input From You Little People)
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To: peeps36

Because he’s a liberal Rat who really, really wanted it.


32 posted on 03/26/2010 8:24:54 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: Steelfish

yada, yada, yada...wonder why he feels the need to explain himself when we all know what his motives were.


33 posted on 03/26/2010 8:25:58 PM PDT by cubreporter (Scott Brown turned it all around. The people CAN and DID make a difference!!!)
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To: Steelfish

Why should we bother to read what you have to say, Bart? There is nothing on the market that is cheaper than your word.


34 posted on 03/26/2010 8:27:32 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: Steelfish
More recently, in 2007, President George W. Bush signed Executive Order 13435, restricting embryonic stem-cell research. This executive order protected the sanctity of life and was “applauded” and “welcomed” by pro-life advocates. That these same people would now claim that President Obama’s executive order maintaining the sanctity of life is not worth the paper it is written on is disingenuous at best.”

Really, Judas?

Obama rescinded that EO with another one.

So, stick it where the sun don't shine, you quisling.

35 posted on 03/26/2010 8:27:47 PM PDT by exit82 (Democrats are the enemy of freedom. Sarah Palin is our Esther.)
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To: blackbart.223

He whines because he knows he did wrong, if he truly believed in himself he would not go on an explanation tour.


36 posted on 03/26/2010 8:27:52 PM PDT by HerrBlucher ("When the national government and Congress start going wild, it's up the states to rein them in.")
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To: Steelfish
executive orders have carried the full force and effect of law and have served as an important means of implementing public policy. Perhaps the most famous executive order was the Emancipation Proclamation

Bwahahahahahaha!

37 posted on 03/26/2010 8:28:37 PM PDT by krb (Obama is a miserable failure.)
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To: exit82

Bart really quisles.


38 posted on 03/26/2010 8:29:36 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: exit82

Excellent riposte!!!!


39 posted on 03/26/2010 8:29:40 PM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
"Because he’s a liberal Rat who really, really wanted it."

At any cost I might add as long he doesn't have to pay it. He is just another socialst a@@hole trying to look benevolent at our expense.

40 posted on 03/26/2010 8:30:08 PM PDT by blackbart.223 (I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
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