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And bernie sanders says abortion is a constitutional right. we will repeal the hyde amendment. back to the panel. it seems that theres a constant stream of things and some things that joe biden stepped in this week. >> theres things that hes apologized for. now that -- that was 20 years ago, 30 years ago. now heres where i am. the hyde amendment says hes not pushing back. youre right to put the emphasis on yet, this is a really important issue in a democratic primary. always would be. you put th...

Despise called the hyde amendment. tonight david spunt tells us what that law does and why its so controversial. >> i have one quick question for you. that is will you commit to abolishing the hyde amendment which hurts poor women and women of color. >> joe biden in south carolina last month asked about repealing the hyde amendment by a member of the american civil liberties union. despite saying he would commit to abolishing hyde, bidens campaign confirmed to nbc news that he still in fact supp...

Going forward. >> another health issue is abortion rights. do you accept roe v. wade as settled law? >> absolutely. as president i would make sure our department of justice always sided with women when there is ever a question about this. i would make sure my nominees to all the courts, including the highest in the land understand this is settled law. i would work with colleagues to make sure that we pass a law overturning row versus wed by enshrining that from congress signed by our administrat...

You just handling the pentagon and not everything else? additionally, it would bolster pentagon spending. you might remember that we have the sequence three student caps, the budgetary caps that harness military spending. they would throw those out of the water. the senators will vote for that. the senate will probably take their bill, we have been hearing about changing some health care provisions in the bill. cost sharing reduction. you might remember that the president canceled those in octob...

Senate because they say, why are you just handling the pentagon and not everything else? additionally, it would bolster pentagon spending. you might remember that we have the sequence three student caps, the budgetary caps that harness military spending. they would throw those out of the water. the senators will vote for that. the senate will probably take their bill, we have been hearing about changing some health care provisions in the bill. cost sharing reduction. you might remember that the ...

And fight for the american people and be their voice and it is refreshing to see somebody actually fulfilling the promises that they made. when you look at what well be doing on the house floor today, making permanent the hyde amendment, a bill by chris smith. something that so many of us have fought for. if you go back and look for the 40 years plus that the hyde amendment has been in place, peer review studies showed that two million american lives have been saved by the hyde amendment. and so...

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Harder for women to get the health services they need. >> cecile richards is the president of planned parenthood and she joins us live from washington. thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> let me play what congressman pence the republican from indiana said when he introduced his amendment back in july of 2009. lets listen. >> the time has come to deny any and all federal funding to planned parenthood of america. the largest abortion provider in america should not also be the lar...

>> shep: these negotiations must have been mighty tense? >> i would say they are intense. within that, there is some tension. last night there was a significant meeting between the deputy chief of staff and bart stew stupak and there has been dialogues going on all afternoon. stupak says she wants to vote for the bill. its an open question whether an executive order would provide additional assurance on the question of abortion funding. statute rules, legislative language rules in america, not n...

But really no change. whats the purpose? >> well, you have two distinct arguments for why theres an impasse. democrats are saying it has to do with the social policy riders, it has to do with planned parenthood, and it has to do with title ten. they say because of the social issues and the republicans willingness to defund planned parenthood completely and not give any federal funding towards it and to make cuts in title ten, that they will not move forward on a budget bill. what is title ten? i...