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By this bill where criminals who victimize these victims have to pay into this fund and that's then used on behalf of the victims. there was language inserted in the bill that said that money, which was not taxpayer money, could not be used to pay for abortion abortions. that's a reference to the amendments that's been put in appropriations bills for the past four decades. democrats had a problem with that. they felt this was an expansion of those restrictions because it related to money that wasn't taxpayer money. it wasn't taxpayer funds. this agreement deals with that. it says that resource...

Sorry about that just had to ask that. let's head back to capitol hill where we have breaking news this hour. a deal has been reached to pass the anti human trafficking bill which has been held up since february. mitch mcconnell now saying a vote is expected in the next day or so on the attorney general nomination of loretta lynch, held up since november. nbc 's frank thorpe joins us. good morning, what can you tell us? >> after weeks of back and forth on the trafficking bill sound like they have thread the needle. democrats and republicans have reached an agreement where they'll be able to vo...

Politicians don't usually talk like that. that was indiana republican mike pence earlier this week. it was persons himself that wanted to stripped planned parenthood on funding. no federal money does go to abortion. it's the me ventive care to the 3 million patients that they receive from an organization like that every year. more on the politics of the fight, joined by cecil richards, president of planned parenthood, and john heilemann who covers politics. let's look at the substance. cecile, it's always great to have you on. it always seems to be hot here. we have a hide amendment, as you kn...

So-called hide amendment, the congressional directive, was passed. so this is a debate that's really again not about anything going on. it isn't real. it isn't practical. and we hope that people will begin to focus on ways that we can work together to improve the health care system, make sure that all americans can enjoy the high quality health care that we are watching day in and day out with congresswoman giffords. that's really the goal, a healthier america, a healthier work force. and let's not talk about things that we're going to fix that aren't problems in the first place. >> all right....

Most important bills in the last half century. as much as the republicans have succeeded in demagoguing this issue, in ways that have hurt the president's health care plan, this is ultimately going to help the democrats if they can pass the bill. is this party capable of legislating? >> people do disagree on the question of whether the government should fund abortion rights or we support it. most people support abortion rights period. the question of whether the government should fund it -- he promises, basically, the voters that this bill will not pay for abortion, it will honor the hide amen...