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Expansion of a restriction on a womans right to chose, and we cant agree to that. >> with the members of your caucus, if there was some deal struck, if the final legislation looked more like things that were in the stupak amendment, the version of the senate bill, would those 190 members really vote against the ultimate health reform bill? >> after congressman stupak passed his amendment in the house version, which said nobody could buy insurance in these exchanges with their own private dollars...

>> well, were going to continue to work with bart stupak and those members for whom that was the biggest concern. because you have in the senate pro-life members like senator casey, senator nelson, all of whom were clearly satisfied that the way the senate did it met our objective of making sure that no public funds can go to abortion. the issue is, what can you use your own money for? in other words, right now today, if you want to go out with your own money and purchase a health care plan, you...

Work with bart stupak and with the members who had that concern. senator casey and senator nelson, all of whom were clearly satisfied the way the senate did it met our objective at making sure no public funds could go to abortion. the issue is what can you use your own money for? in other words, right now today if you want to go out and purchase a health care plan you have that option. >> and we know that he would argue if you give them a subsidy, you really are subsidizing abortion coverage. th...

Will not support and thats the sticky wicket. >> i want to be specific about this. its funding for abortion directly or something else? >> something else entirely. there is no provision in either the house or senate bill to fund abortion directly. whats in the senate bill is a mechanism by which if you purchase health insurance through federal exchange and select a insurance package that provides abortion you have to pay an extra fee for that coverage. bart stupak and others argue the fee youre ...

Bill passed in the house. it wasnt going to happen until nancy pelosi got bart stupak and those 11 onboard by tightening up that language with regards to abortion. the white house says nothing is going to change as far as government money for abortion. take a listen to kathleen sebelius who was on "fox and friends" this morning. >> the president made it clear federal fund will not be used forward abortion coverage. we are not changing the status quo in the law at all. megyn: congress heads out o...

Every ep rollee in the opm must play one dollar per month for reproductive rights which include abortion. not only are you talking about abortion coverage in insurance policies but now you are asking everyone to enroll in this plan and pay $1 per month into a fund to pay for abortion. you are making the insurance companies provide and it and making people pay for it. she is wrong. >> do you believe the democratic party is willing to go down in defeat because of pro-choice position? >> no. >> you...

To the money. and the u.s. conference of catholic bishops say this could lead to hundreds of thousands of abortions per year that the taxpayers would be forced to pay for. is that true, that the bill could pay for abortion? >> well, the president has made it very clear that federal funds will not be used for abortion coverage, were not changing the status quo and the law at all. community health centers are enormous important to about 20 million americans across this country who get very high qu...

Doesnt buy and pay doctors for abortion? it pays for insurance premiums that will then cover abortion? what jesuitical language are you accusing her of? >> go to the pages i cited. every ep rollee in the opm must play one dollar per month for reproductive rights which include abortion. not only are you talking about abortion coverage in insurance policies but now you are asking everyone to enroll in this plan and pay $1 per month into a fund to pay for abortion. you are making the insurance comp...

Of negotiations to win these as far as. so were expecting a cbo score off this draft bill we saw thursday early next week, its like ily, almost certain, the bill is going to change as mitch mcconnell will win some of those holdouts. so we may not have a cbo score that tells us the impact of the final piece of lemslation thats voted on. >> gabby, as you look at the number of senators, five as of this saturday, reportedly, there could be two or three more on thege at the moment. do you know what t...

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