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He said, yeah, we are not taking the hyde amendment off. hydes going to be on. it has to be. it has to be. thats dead on arrival if its gone. i know this is personal for you. you shared your experience with abortion in congressional testimony this past week. can you vote for a bill that has the hyde amendment in it? >> no. >> so what happens? how do you compromise on that? >> lets just -- this is a negotiation. weve got to continue to move this forward but the hyde amendment is something that th...

Meaning people that can afford it wont get the benefits. >> means testing doesnt target it more but creates a lot of administrative burden and cost. >> is that a no? >> its not what i want to do. i had a staff member do a paper on why means testing is not a fiscally prudent thing to do or a policy prudent thing to do. lets see. the negotiation is just starting. >> senator joe manchin said this weekend that this reconciliation bill, the bill we are talking about, must include the hyde amendment w...

Administrative burden and cost. >> is that a no? >> its not what i want to do. i had a staff member do a paper on why means testing is not a fiscally prudent thing to do or a policy prudent thing to do. the negotiation is just starting. >> senator joe manchin said this weekend that this reconciliation bill, the bill we are talking about, must include the hyde amendment which bans federal dollars to go for abortions. he said, yeah, we are not taking the hyde amendment off. hydes going to be on. i...