Page 9 - Stupak Amendment News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Understands what we have been arguing about. this is how he understands the argument against the stunt he's tried to pull off. it's not that this isn't the right venue for trying to change the law on abortion or that he's anti-abortion and some people are pro choice. that's not it. the way he sees it is the people who don't want him to get away with this are anti-baby. stupak's opponents want there to be less babies because babies are so expensive. if you pass the stupak amendment more children will be born and that will cost us millions more. that's one of the arguments i have been hearing. m...

Speaker pelosi and the house democrats are kind of forced to take their chances with stupak allies because they can't fix this in reconciliation. they can promise maybe to do something else, to write the hyde amendment into law,, but yu but their hands are tied as parliamentary matter. >> i think the stupak is not a misunderstanding. stupak and company it's a betrayal. remember, the bill in the house passed only by five votes. we wouldn't be anywhere near here, health care would be dead had it not passed in the house last year how did they acquire the votes? by having the stupak amendment incl...

>> bret: that caused quite a stir and just a few moments ago henry waxman had this release from his office. >> bret: what about this? >> i have to think that this particular chapter in the stupak amendment debate, which has been ongoing for months now, is just a misunderstanding between chairman waxman and congressman stupak because everybody has acknowledged on the democratic side what congressman waxman said in his statement. they do not want to change current law. they do not want to allow federal funds to be used for abortions and there has been a big dispute about what it will take to acc...

National review let slip probably his gravest concern about how this will reflect on him. his gravest concern, his first quote today to them, they're ignoring me. when you have been enjoying attention as much as congressman stupak has, the idea that people are ignoring you again must be hard to take. that may explain what else he said today. this is kind of amazing. the national review asked him about why congressman stupak is being ignored now. about what democratic leaders are telling him about the anti-abortion stunt of his being over. here's what he said, quote, if you pass the stupak amen...

Takeover of health care continue to let their voice be heard we can stop this bill. >> greta: one of the interesting things we are hearing from the republican party in the senate is the senate parliamentarian says the bill must first go to the white house to be signed and come back for reconciliation. we haven't heard that directly from the parliamentarian as far as i know. does that change the strategy or difficulty for the house democrats? >> i think it changes it immensely. >> greta: how? >> now you are talking about at least a dozen prolife democrats who held out for strong prolife protect...