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BREAKING -- NEW REPORT -- DEMS 2 SHORT WITHOUT STUPAK DEAL -- OBAMACRE WILL FAIL!!!!
THE HILL ^ | 03-21-2010 | cww

Posted on 03/21/2010 12:30:21 PM PDT by CWW

Unless a deal is struck with Stupak, Dems appear to be short on votes.

By Bob Cusack - 03/21/10 02:20 PM ET

Hours before a scheduled vote on healthcare reform, Democratic leaders don't have the votes.

The decisions of two Tennessee Democrats, Reps. John Tanner and Lincoln Davis, to vote no has put President Barack Obama, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her lieutenants in a major bind.

If every member votes, Democratic leaders can only afford 37 defections. According to The Hill's whip list, there are 39 Democrats planning to vote no.

Furthermore, The Hill also has seven Democrats in the undecided/unclear column: Reps Jim Cooper (Tenn.), Kathy Dahlkemper (Pa.), Paul Kanjorski (Pa.), Alan Mollohan (W.Va.), Mike Quigley (Ill.), Bobby Rush (Ill.) and Loretta Sanchez (Calif.).

There have been various reports on Sunday that Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) and other anti-abortion lawmakers have agreed to an abortion deal involving an executive order from the Obama administration. However, Stupak's office are strongly denying those reports.

Even though several Democratic leaders said they had the votes on Saturday, Stupak said on Sunday he and others were involved in intense negotiations with the White House late on Saturday night. The Saturday night talks strongly suggest Democrats are short of the 216 necessary.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 111th; bhohealthcare; obamacare; prolifedems; stupak
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To: CWW

I’m keeping my fingers, toes, ears and eyes crossed.


21 posted on 03/21/2010 12:33:01 PM PDT by Krankor (nO)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

They won’t have the vote unless they can pass it.


22 posted on 03/21/2010 12:33:07 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: AU72
If we have to depend on a few democrats to do the right thing we are screwed.< P> It's not much hope to cling to... but it's all we're got.
23 posted on 03/21/2010 12:33:25 PM PDT by GOPJ (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php?area=dam&lang=eng)
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To: CWW

Hogwash! Nothing is decided

Don’t let up


24 posted on 03/21/2010 12:33:25 PM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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To: alice_in_bubbaland

Pray! Pray! Pray some more! Pray without ceasing!


25 posted on 03/21/2010 12:33:27 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever ( Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness)
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To: CWW

Pray for the best but I am braced for the worst


26 posted on 03/21/2010 12:33:31 PM PDT by katiedidit1
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To: CWW

27 posted on 03/21/2010 12:33:42 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions...$1 Halfbaked...50c)
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To: AU72
If we have to depend on a few democrats to do the right thing we are screwed.

It's not much hope to cling to... but it's all we're got.

28 posted on 03/21/2010 12:33:48 PM PDT by GOPJ (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php?area=dam&lang=eng)
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To: historyrepeatz
From another FR Thread:

In the Last Hour [Kathryn Jean Lopez] The Hill got confirmation that Bart Stupak is still a no vote. And in the last 15, I can tell you Stupak could be seen with Susan Muskett from the National Right to Life Committee and Peggy Nance from Concerned Women for America. Both groups oppose the executive-order strategy, knowing it to be a sham. 03/21 03:25 PM

29 posted on 03/21/2010 12:34:26 PM PDT by CWW (Palin & Jindal in 2012!!)
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To: TV Dinners
He’ll cave..

Maybe but he went to the floor saying "no deal." Last time a deal was struck before the final debate began. My gut says Stupak holds. But, who knows?

30 posted on 03/21/2010 12:35:02 PM PDT by outofstyle (Anti-socialist)
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To: CWW

I can’t help but believe they’re going to pull it off some how.


31 posted on 03/21/2010 12:35:11 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Part of the Vast Catholic Conspiracy (hat tip to Kells))
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To: alice_in_bubbaland; All
Pray, Pray, PRAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Non-stop Rosary vigil to defeat ObamaCare

 
Pray the Rosary. 
Pray without ceasing.

32 posted on 03/21/2010 12:35:20 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: CWW

Those two need to lock him in a closet somewhere for a few hours. As Obama’s hero Malcolm X once said, “By Any Means Necessary”


33 posted on 03/21/2010 12:35:29 PM PDT by jeltz25
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To: Krankor

Considering what they’re trying to do to us, you’d better cross your legs too...


34 posted on 03/21/2010 12:35:32 PM PDT by oldfart (Obama nation = abomination. Think about it!)
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To: CWW

Yeah, and if frogs had wings they would not bump their asses on the ground so often. Stupak will cave...in the end he is a gutless liberal.


35 posted on 03/21/2010 12:35:48 PM PDT by Taylor (The 2nd Amendment is the "reset" button on the constitution.)
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To: CWW

PRAY!!!!!


36 posted on 03/21/2010 12:35:48 PM PDT by ohioWfan (Proud Mom of a Bronze Star recipient!)
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To: CWW

37 posted on 03/21/2010 12:35:55 PM PDT by purpleporter
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To: ConservativeMan55

“Senate Republicans just found a provision making the Bill ineligible.”

After all that’s happened, we should realize that no matter what the law says, Dems will do what they please. If a provision makes the bill ineligible, it doesn’t matter. We are a dictatorship now.


38 posted on 03/21/2010 12:35:59 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Never argue with a man whose job depends on not being convinced. (Mencken))
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To: CWW

I will believe it when I see it. If they have yet to get the vote, they will come out with an excuse and put it off for a few days.

Remember, this is the so called final deal, even after the other previous final deals.

They are commies. don’t trust them.


39 posted on 03/21/2010 12:36:06 PM PDT by dforest
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To: TV Dinners

“He’ll cave.. Party over Country.”

Yeah, he’ll cave.


40 posted on 03/21/2010 12:36:12 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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