Pelosi 'not happy' w/ Mich Democrat over a certain something in health care bill

Rep. Bart Stupak said Speaker Pelosi is not pleased with his effort to change abortion-related provisions in the healthcare bill being crafted by the House.

During an interview on C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" show, Stupak (D-Mich.) said he is undeterred in trying to ensure that taxpayer dollars do not pay for abortions. Stupak, who opposes abortion rights, acknowledged that some in his party are upset with his public campaign to change the bill.

"The Speaker is not happy with me," Stupak said.

The Energy and Commerce subcommittee chairman said he has been working with Democratic leaders on a compromise, but they haven't been able to strike a deal. Stupak pointed out that he and Democratic leaders have a fundamental disagreement on whether health plans that receive subsidies from the government should be allowed to provide coverage options on abortions.

Stupak wants a vote on the House floor to strike the language, and predicts he would have the votes to pass such an amendment.

"This has been federal law since 1976," he said, noting that President Barack Obama has vowed not to allow healthcare reform to pay for abortions.
"We have to have a vote," he said.

If he doesn't get one, Stupak said he and as many as 39 other Democrats will vote no on a procedural motion to bring the health bill to the floor. A House vote on healthcare reform could be taken next week.

Stupak stressed he wants to vote for healthcare reform and is "still somewhat optimistic" that he will reach an accord with Democratic leaders.

However, the Michigan Democrat said he will not be backing down: "I'm comfortable with where I'm at. This is who I am. It's reflective of my district. If it costs me my seat, so be it."

A portion of the interview can be accessed here.The entire interview can be seen here.

Cincy Fan 44 wrote:http://thehill.com//blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/64971-mich-democrat-pelosi-not-happy-with-me

Looks like I agree with this guy and Obama. Go figure.

floridafun wrote:looks to me like the same kind of stuff that brought us YOU LIED during the prez address to congress a little while back. there IS NO BILL YET,there is a declaration it is absolutely not to cover abortion, but this character wants language in it before it becomes a bill that will prevent it from using fed funding for abortions. its already illegal for fed funding to pay for abortions isnt it? so what will be the next issue that must be reworded?...mmm how about making sure the language in the not-a-bill-yet clarifies that no liberals will be forced to have an abortion. now we need specific wording added so no mistake can be made on this...NO LIBERALS WILL BE FORCED TO HAVE ABORTIONS. also no green eyed people.

i miss bman.

sliptap wrote:...leave it to Pelosi to stand up for something that is already illegal. Maybe she should look into using federal money to correct the chemical imbalance in her head instead.

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floridafun wrote:looks to me like the same kind of stuff that brought us YOU LIED during the prez address to congress a little while back. there IS NO BILL YET,there is a declaration it is absolutely not to cover abortion, but this character wants language in it before it becomes a bill that will prevent it from using fed funding for abortions. its already illegal for fed funding to pay for abortions isnt it? so what will be the next issue that must be reworded?...mmm how about making sure the language in the not-a-bill-yet clarifies that no liberals will be forced to have an abortion. now we need specific wording added so no mistake can be made on this...NO LIBERALS WILL BE FORCED TO HAVE ABORTIONS. also no green eyed people.

i miss bman.

Markwes wrote:I read a good letter in the News-Sentinel that I can't find now, but it was talking about Nancy Pelosi's plan to pay for half of the $1 trillion health care by "squeezing" Medicare. The point was if we knew there was $500 billion being wasted, why wasn't something done years ago? I guess she is admitting that our government is wasteful. Great.

awbinfortwayne wrote:I'd be very surprised if anything passes this year. It looks like the democrats have one holdout on the abortion issue, and other democrats are demanding the public option. The Republicans are looking to derail any change in healthcare. At the end of the day it looks like it will be business as normal as far as healthcare is concerned.

meta4 wrote:my wife went to the dentist earlier this week. she had a cavity and got it filled. $340 out of pocket, pray to the insurance companies to pay their share... Insurance paid $57 and denied everything else. they denied paying for ANY of the filling because the dentist used that white material on a molar instead of silver amalgum (if that's what you call it).

My dentist told me when I was 7 years old, the industry is moving away from the metal stuff because it uses mercury or something. that was 27 years ago...

fucking bastards...