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Abortions, the executive order does that. >> by definition, an executive order reaches only to agencies and personnel within the executive branch. it does not trump laws passed by congress. and today many are wondering why it was enough to persuade stupak, who fired off a statement after senator ben nelson's language drafted to block federal funding for abortion was worked into the senate's legislation. stupak said it didn't go far enough and added, quote, a review of the senate language indicates a dramatic shift in federal policy that would allow the federal government to subsidize insurance...

About this whole colloquy and the executive order the president will sign basically saying there will be no funding, federal funding for abortion? >> as a pro-choice member of congress i think we have simply maintained the is eed status qu changed any either direction the way we handle abortion coverage. look, at the end of the day, wolf, this legislation, any time you can cover 32 million americans and get $143 billion in deficit reduction it's a win/win for the american people. >> the american people have a chance to assess it over the next several weeks and months getting ready for the midt...

Abortions, the executive order does that. >> by definition, an executive order reaches only to agencies and personnel within the executive branch. it does not trump laws passed by congress. and today many are wondering why it was enough to persuade stupak, who fired off a statement after senator ben nelson's language drafted to block federal funding for abortion was worked into the senate's legislation. stupak said it didn't go far enough and added, quote, a review of the senate language indicates a dramatic shift in federal policy that would allow the federal government to subsidize insurance...

Historic in that sense. as far as the congressman stupak and his colleagues, what they wanted was just a reaffirmation and clarification that the president intended to follow the long-standing restrictions on abortion coverage, which he has said many times, he didn't intend to disturb is status quo. on both sides of this issue, i think they were both satisfied that's where it stands. the law of the land on funding for abortions is what the president will uphold. >> there were a lot of angry members. a women's caucus and meetings with other members who really felt they had been sold out and tha...

>> he said it's a matters of law. with great respect to congressman stupak, it's not the same thing. >> it's absolutely not. an executive order is a direction from the president to employees in the executive branch of the government to do something or not to do something. for example, when bill clinton was president he ordered whenever outside surrenders are hired they have to be union niced. george bush ordered they don't have been to be ionized. they can undo a presidential executive order. >> shepard: this president can undo his own. >> he can undo his own executive order if he wanted the d...