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Senate Democratic Whip: ‘We Don’t Believe that the Stupak Language, if Offered at this Moment, is Likely to Pass’
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| Last Edited | Jason Dec 08, 2009 04:02am |
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| Author | Karen Schuberg |
| News Date | Tuesday, December 8, 2009 10:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | (CNSNews.com) – Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), the number-two Democrat in the Senate, said Friday he does not think that an amendment to the health-care reform bill barring federal funds from going to insurance plans that cover abortion would pass in the Senate at this point.
“We don’t believe that the Stupak language, if offered at this moment, is likely to pass,” Durbin told reporters last Friday during a conference call.
“And so we’re trying to find if there’s an alternative provision that is somewhat different than the current bill but doesn’t quite reach the Stupak level that would satisfy the needs of Sen. (Ben) Nelson and our pro-life senators. We’re working on that now,” Durbin told reporters during a conference call on Dec. 4 on health care reform.
“Stupak” is a reference to Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), who succeeded last month in getting a pro-life amendment attached to the House-passed version of the bill. The Stupak language bars all federal tax dollars from paying for any part of an insurance plan that covers elective abortions. |
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