Posted on 03/19/2010 5:14:32 PM PDT by mathprof
Stupak evidently met with Pelosi tonight. And has a press conference scheduled for the morning ... On my Twitter feed, I see Diana DeGette (radical liberal feminist, if you need a broadbrush label — Yuval wrote everything you ever need to read about her a few years ago here) is not happy.
My understanding if a fix were to happen via an enrollment corrections bill, the Senate would have to pass it first. I would think Barbara Boxer would sooner give up her seat (which she might have to) than allow that happen ... for one thing.
UPDATE:
Here's how CNN is reporting it:
Washington (CNN) - The divisive issue of abortion is once again causing eleventh hour problems for House Democrats as they plan to move forward on health care reform.
Anti-abortion Democrat Bart Stupak of Michigan is asking for a vote on his language restricting taxpayer funding for abortion, and a group of female abortion rights Democrats came out of an emergency meeting in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office Friday evening visibly angry about the prospect.
Rep. Diana Degette, D-Colorado, told reporters a vote on Stupak's measure was a "non starter" and said "somewhere between 40 and 55" abortion rights Democrats would bolt from the bill.
"We are holding firm this time," she insisted. "If Mr. Stupak and a few members along with the Republicans decide to use this to take health care down, that loss of health care will be in their hands."
It's not yet clear how seriously Democratic leaders are considering allowing a vote on Stupak's abortion language, or in what form.
But Stupak told CNN he is in discussions with Pelosi.
"We had a good discussion with the speaker on the floor," said Stupak. "But there was no agreement and there's no agreement until we see it in writing and we get a chance to massage it."
But...but...but...I just read they had a vote check on the floor and they’ve got 222 commie piggies agreeing to vote yes. More BS from the state run “media”?
oh please, someone hold open the flaps of the GOP’s big tent
From your mouth to G-d's ear! Please! I want that on my hands!
The abortion language will vanish.
He’ll probably sell out to get a vote that ends up meaning nothing.
On the question of defunding Planned Parenthood, Stupak voted "noe."
The problem that they have is that they can’t promise anything substantial without sending it back to the Senate.
Any promise Pelosi or Reid or Obama makes is just empty words. So the question is, does Stupak want something firm or does he want a fig leaf?
I would not want to “massage” any thing of the Speaker’s.
The "capitalists" here could only applaud him for holding out for the highest bidder.
Methinks, the Stupack bloc is about to fold. :-(
And they will be cheered as heroes by 70 percent of the population.
I don’t understand unless Nancy is trying to lay the Bill failure on the Senate. We need more info on how this would work. If the Senate has to pass it, then we are in good shape cause it won’t happen and this would have Reid take the grenade in which the pin has already been pulled.
If they change the bill, back to the Senate.
Don’t go wobbly.
What more is there to talk about?
Hurry Nancy! Break out the Slaughter rule!
“Rep. Diana Degette, D-Colorado, told reporters a vote on Stupak’s measure was a “non starter” and said “somewhere between 40 and 55” abortion rights Democrats would bolt from the bill.
“We are holding firm this time,” she insisted. “If Mr. Stupak and a few members along with the Republicans decide to use this to take health care down, that loss of health care will be in their hands.”
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I see nothing wrong with that! Woohoo, if that happens...
Nazi Pelosi wouldn’t be wasting her precious time working over Stupak if she had the votes locked up.
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