Posted on 03/21/2010 9:27:55 AM PDT by Steelfish
Stupak: We Are Close To Deal With White House By Bob Cusack - 03/21/10
Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) said Sunday morning that he is close to striking a deal with the Obama administration on abortion provisions.
"We are close to getting something done," Stupak said in an interview with MSNBC.
Stupak said he engaged in talks late into Saturday night.
The possible deal would focus on an executive order that would specify there would be no public funding for abortions in the healthcare bill.
"We're close but we're not there yet," Stupak said.
Democratic leaders said Sunday they have the votes on healthcare reform, but Stupak said until there is a deal struck, they don't have the 216 votes they need.
Stupak said "there were eight of us" in the negotiating room, all of them no votes. Stupak said Saturday that there were "at least six" of his original dozen that were going to oppose the health bill. He said that he was "going to think about" what would need to be included in an executive order to convince him that no federal dollars would go toward funding abortion. Further, Stupak said that he had not talked to the White House about such an executive order.
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) confirmed Stupak's whip count of at least six holdouts.
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There ain’t a damn dem breathing that is anything better than a prostitute, it only takes a little longer with some like stupidpac to reach their “price”.
He either sold out, or is so naive, as to be conned by Pelosi and Obama.
As they say, there are NO moderate Democrats.
Defeat them all in November!
As hard as it is to believe his District is heavily union Dem and he wins with his excellent constituent response. But he will have a hard time in public if he supports this socialist takeover.
If Stupak or any of the other so-called pro-life rats now vote for this bill then they can kiss their political life over.
I DEEM Stupak as Stupid.
Yeah... let Bummer be the lightning rod.
If (WHEN) he reneges will the Rats be willing to impeach? (Fat chance)
In the meantime even the looie USCCB is hollering tilt, this won’t do.
Stupak strikes me as not too bright.
This would be a NO-BRAINER for Obama.
MSNBC now reporting that Stupak is a Yes vote...
YIKES! Here comes America’s bankcruptcy.
Stupak, if you go along with this, not only are you gullible but you are a FRAUD.
EO can be reversed on a whim and it is reassurring to know when Hussein actually issued a EO for fed funded abortions overseas.
Blood of millions will be on your hands Mr. “Pro-lifer”
Pelosi just tells the 40 baby killers Obama will immediately rescind it.
Piece of cake!
what a sham and a show!
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Boehner: Pro-Life Democrats Cant Hide Behind an Executive Order
Rec’d via e-mail | Sunday, March 21, 2010 | John Boehner
Posted on Sunday, March 21, 2010 12:10:31 PM by kristinn
GOP Leader: Make no mistake, a yes vote on the Democrats health care bill is a vote for taxpayer-funded abortions.
WASHINGTON, DC House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement on a potential Executive Order from the White House on abortion:
The law of the land trumps any Executive Order, which can be reversed or altered at the stroke of a pen by this or any subsequent President without any congressional approval or notice. Moreover, while an Executive Order can direct members of the executive branch, it cannot direct the private sector.
Because of Roe v. Wade, courts have interpreted the decision as a statutory mandate that the government must provide federal funding for elective abortion in through federal programs. In other words, no Executive Order or regulation can override a statutory mandate unless Congress passes a law that prohibits federal funding from being used in this manner. Legal experts at the US Catholic Conference of Bishops, National Right to Life Committee, Americans United for Life, and Family Research Council have confirmed this view that if the Senate bill is signed into law, it is a statutory mandate for the new health plans to include federal funding of elective abortion. The need for an Executive Order is evidence that this is true, and Congressional Democrats know it. Make no mistake, a yes vote on the Democrats health care bill is a vote for taxpayer-funded abortions.
A White House Executive Order will be written in disappearing ink!
Change the “ak” to “id”, and you get the people of MI.
People in Northern MI would never vote him out no matter what.
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