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Years protected by the hyde amendment. and then most recently we had this debate come to the forefront with the health care debate. and the stupak amendment that passed in the house made it clear that this would continue to be the law of this land, that federal taxpayer dollars would not be used for abortion. when the senate democrats changed that language, they knew that it would make it much more difficult to get this bill -- get that language through the house, yet they were willing to do that. the only way to really ensure that federal taxpayer dollars are not used on abortion is to defeat...

From every enrollee in the plan to pay for other people's abortions. the senate passed bill creates a community health center fund. the hyde amendment, stupak amendment does not apply. therefore either the obama administration or a court will compel funding there as well. also, opm, the bill creates a huge new program administered by opm that would manage two or more new multistate or regional health plans. >> all members please remove their conversations from the floor. the gentleman from new jersey deserves to be heard. the gentleman from new jersey. >> the legislation says that only one of ...

Up-or-down vote on the stupak amendment, not part of the senate passed bill, which the house will wrestle with tomorrow. this infuriated a block of 40 pro-choice female democratic members. there was a long meeting in the speaker's office. diana degette, democrat from colorado, chief whip for the speaker came out and said this would not stand. they felt they allowed the ox to be gored with the stupak amendment last fall and they were upset last time. they thought it was a bridge too far. so we're unclear how they are going to resolve the abortion issue here. neil, one thing we might note is the...

Subsidize health care plans that pay for abortions. he had an amendment in the original house bill requiring anyone wanting abortion coverage to buy a policy not subsidized, even par shlly, by government funds. -- even partially by government funds. the senate version has no equivalent of a stupak amendment. the senate plan says, individuals with federally subsidized health care can pay for abortions out of their own pockets. supporters insist federal money would be kept separate from individual contributions paying for abortions. meanwhile, as the big house health care vote approaches, thousa...

They are the party of no, they support big insurance companies. what is amazing the republicans have held on this long. they could have had senator snowe in their camp but they blew that too. the republicans are amazingly well connected and cohesive. they've argued on the merits. it didn't have to be this way the president could have had a health care bill passed by now if he would have taken maybe seven components of the bill that people could work on and he would be the president, being age to focus on jobs which is what he said he was going to do in the state of the union. >> greta: i was t...