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As of yesterday, congressman bart stupaks attempt to hijack health reform on abortion is over. the bluff has been called. house speaker nancy pelosi told me yesterday his claim that the health reform bill includes federal funding for abortion is simply wrong. several house members who voted with mr. stupak before on the anti-abortion language are now admitting that his claim about the senate bill funding abortion dont seem to be borne out by the facts. the senate bill, in fact, does not allow pu...

Possibly to the administration to say that it doesnt make sense. maybe they are being told not to include it. >> look, the administration has said every conceivable sign aside of saying, oh, sure, beooer for it that they are not actually for it. where do you rest this? the white house. every opportunity they could have intervened on behalf of the public option they have chosen not to. i think youre right. the ball is in pelosis court and the speaker should call the bluff. when they put it on the...

Whether it is suspension of disbelief, i dont know. first thing is democrats are not accepting what the parliamentarian pointed out to the republicans. whether it is this self-executing thing or some other kind of two-step with the original bill and reconciliation, harry reid has something up his sleeve on how to try to do this, how to combine the two things. so the democrats are not conceding the parliamentarians point, number one. number two, it is not quite true despite what the a.p. says tha...

Speaker pelosi telling me and congressman henry waxman telling me they expect mr. stupak and others to end up voting for health reform in the end but if they dont effectively so what. the associated press reporting house leadership does not intend to negotiate with or appease congressman stupak. they intend to move forward regardless. speaker of the house nancy pelosi making clearer than clear in my interview with her that mr. stupak is wrong when he says that there even is a federal funding of ...

Other kind of two step with the original bill and reconciliation, harry reid has something up his sleeve on how to combine the two things. the democrats are not conceding the parliamentarians point. number one. number two, it is not quite true despite what the ap says the leadership has given up on the stupak 12 in the house. they are leaving them alone for now, lawrence. they are going to try to call their bluff later next week. they are not sure they are 12. the democratic leaders are saying m...

Telling the associated press, they expect mr. stupak and others voting for health care reform in tend but if they dont, so what? the associated press reporting house leadership does not intend to negotiate with or appease congressman stupak. they intend to move forward regardless. speaker of the house nancy pelosi making clearer than clear in my interview with her that mr. stupak is wrong when there is a federal funding on abortion issue. speaker pelosi complimentary of mr. stupak but dodging my...

That we felt about this administration as it came in, and they even talked about this on a "60 minutes." axelrod, gibbs, bluff, and anita. and they talked about how they dont have this problem. they dont have this problem. that what makes them different. >> but rahm was not sitting in that -- >> exactly. i wasnt going to say it. >> some presidents would really crack the whip. usually the chiefs of staff crack the whip on aides on this, but rahm is right in the thick of it. >> a piece coming out ...

20 seats to pass this bill. now they look at the polls and say it could be 30, 40, we could lose control. theres also a bait and switch problem. what if the house passes the senate bill. the bill gets mired in reconciliation problems they cant amend make the house feel better and the president signs it into law? the house members will have been stuck voting for a has federal funding of abortions, horse special interest things like the cornhusker kick become and a lot of unpopular things. >> paul...

Bulls and bears brenda buttner. >> 9.7% and holding. that had the buyers on wall street working. the bluff chips and broad market up nearly a percent on friday. mainly because even though we are still losing jobs, februarys rate was forecast to go up and it didnt. and we didnt lose as many payrolls as anticipated either. all good news, surely. but, are you celebrating? not if you are one of the nearly 15 million still looking for full-time work. the nearly 9 million who cant find anything but pa...

Like he was basically on his own. he might have had demint but he would have had to talk the whole time and the moment he got up to leave the chamber if someone didnt stand in for him they would have gotten the unanimous consent. the democratic leader called his bluff. >> what do you think the impact is going to be? obviously now that they have beaten him tonight that this is over now tonight, the immediate impact is people who have not been getting their unemployment benefit extension will get ...