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The Politico:
History in sight for Democrats — A cadre of anti-abortion Democrats announced Sunday that they've reached an agreement with the White House to defuse the controversy over abortion in the health care bill and will now vote yes — effectively putting the Democrats over the 216-vote threshold to pass health reform by day's end.
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Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
Stunner... Pro-Life Democrat Stupak Was Lying All Along- Will Support Pro-Abortion Obamacare ...Update: Stupak Sells Soul! — REMEMBER: You Can NEVER Trust a Democrat... You can sometimes trust Republicans but... You Can NEVER Trust a Democrat. — Stupak flashback: Remember when “pro-life” …
The Atlantic Online:
Text of the Executive Order On Abortion — Here is the text of the executive order to be issued by the White House on abortion: — Executive Order — ensuring enforcement and implementation of abortion restrictions in the patient protection and affordable care act
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The Hill:
Stupak, Dems reach abortion deal — Democrats have reached a deal on an executive order on abortion that could hand them a victory on healthcare. — Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) announced a deal at a press conference. He said the deal means Democrats will have the 216 votes they need to win a healthcare reform vote on the floor.
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
White House Released Executive Order to Media Without Showing to Members of Pro-Choice Caucus — Members of the pro-choice caucus are livid after the White House released the Executive Order on abortion to the media without showing it to them. — According to members who spoke on the condition …
The National Organization for Women (NOW) web site:
President Obama Breaks Faith with Women — Statement of NOW President Terry O'Neill — The National Organization for Women is incensed that President Barack Obama agreed today to issue an executive order designed to appease a handful of anti-choice Democrats who have held up health care reform …
Christina Bellantoni / TPM LiveWire:
White House Statement On Abortion Compromise — Just before 4 p.m. ET, the White House released text of a compromise on abortion to help clear the way for passage of the health care legislation. — STATEMENT FROM COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR DAN PFEIFFER — Today, the President announced …
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Jared Allen / The Hill:
Democrats worried about Republicans' motion to recommit on Stupak language — Democrats are worried about holding their members together on a GOP motion that could kill the healthcare bill. — Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) said House leaders are specifically concerned about a Republican motion …
Washington Post:
In deal with Stupak, White House announces executive order on abortion — Your Browser DoesNot Support IFrames. — Updated 4:22 p.m. — By Lori Montgomery and Shailagh Murray — House Democratic leaders have resolved the abortion dispute that stood in the way of passing health-care reform …
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Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Stupak: We are close to deal with White House
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Kathryn Jean Lopez / The Corner on National …:
The Executive Order: A Dangerous, Non-Binding Show — By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
David Frum / FrumForum:
Waterloo — Conservatives and Republicans today suffered their most crushing legislative defeat since the 1960s. — It's hard to exaggerate the magnitude of the disaster. Conservatives may cheer themselves that they'll compensate for today's expected vote with a big win in the November 2010 elections.
The Note:
Senate Fight Starts: GOP Says Senate Parliamentarian Will Kill Fix-Its Bill — ABC News' Z. Byron Wolf reports: The House bill has not yet passed and already we are seeing the reconciliation fight start in the Senate. — Senate Republicans say they can get the whole package of reconciliation fixes …
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
BREAKING: An Ugly Scene — You may have heard or read about the ugly scenes on Capitol Hill yesterday, when a few conservative activists shouted racial and homophobic epithets at Democratic lawmakers. Today the conservative activists are back. And so is the ugliness—only this time, a few Republicans were actually encouraging them.
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Mike Lillis / The Washington Independent:
Gingrich: Civil Rights Laws Weren't Worth the Political Price — Of the many reasons to oppose health care reform, this is probably the worst. From today's Washington Post: … So by Gingrich's logic, lawmakers should really just shy away from the toughest issues of the day because changes …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
What time is the health-care vote? And other critical questions. — The final showdown has arrived, the House opened up for legislative business right at 1 p.m., and everybody's got two questions they want answered: Do Democrats have the votes — and when will the vote be?
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EXCLUSIVE: Plouffe and Rove Battle It Out Over Health Care Reform — With a vote on health care reform looming in the House of Representatives, it was a no-holds barred debate this morning on “This Week.” — “We are going to be much better positioned politically...if we pass this,” …
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Congressman Jim Cooper:
COOPER'S FLOOR STATEMENT ON HEALTH REFORM — Cooper's full Congressional Record statement — I woke up this Sunday morning, said my prayers, and finally decided that I will vote YES on health care reform. — Having heard from tens of thousands of Middle Tennesseans on all sides of the issue …
Douglas Holtz-Eakin / New York Times:
The Real Arithmetic of Health Care Reform — ON Thursday, the Congressional Budget Office reported that, if enacted, the latest health care reform legislation would, over the next 10 years, cost about $950 billion, but because it would raise some revenues and lower some costs, it would also lower federal deficits by $138 billion.
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