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Concerned? >> well, wolf, there have been two different approaches on how to carry out the hyde amendment. one was the bart stupak amendment placed in the original house bill, which was very airtight in the eyes of many pro-choice democrats, including nancy pelosi. it was actually a step backwards. it would have diminished women's access to abortion. and then there's the senate version, which in the eyes of the catholic bishops and bart stupak, does set up two different funds, but they think that while the money is compartmentalized that the federal government will be indirectly subsidizing ab...

On the hill, good morning, will they doom the bill? >> reporter: they very well could. and it all hinges on whether or not the differences between the house and senate versions of the legislation can actually be worked out specific to the abortion language. in the senate, there is no out right prohibition on taxpayer dollars, going to abortion related services. that is highly objectionable to the house version and some of the house and senate democrats who actually made sure the so-called bart stupak amendment would be included in the house bill that banned taxpayer dollars from going to abort...