White House Pressuring Congressman to Shut Up

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Stupak: WH pressuring me to keep quiet on abortion language in senate bill

Last month Stupak succeeded in getting 64 house dems to join him in adding his pro-life amendment to the health care bill. The Stupak bill prohibits government from using taxpayer money to fund abortions.

The senate bill contains compromise language written by our friend Ben Nelson which does not bar taxpayer funding of abortion.

Stupak, “We’re getting a lot of pressure not to say anything, to try to compromise this principle or belief. That’s just not us. We’re not going to do that. Members who voted for the Stupak language in the House – especially the Democrats, 64 Democrats that voted for it – feel very strongly about it. It’s been part of who we are, part of our make up. It’s the principle belief that we have. We are not just going to abandon it in the name of health care."
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You gotta respect a guy who won't kowtow to White House pressure.

 

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On the other Hand:

washingtonpost.com

... in the final hours of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's successful attempt to get cloture on health-care reform. Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, the last Democratic holdout, was offered and accepted a permanent exemption from his state's share of Medicaid expansion, amounting to $100 million over 10 years.​

Afterward, Reid was unapologetic. "You'll find," he said, "a number of states that are treated differently than other states. That's what legislating is all about."
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US Constitution, Article 1, Section 8:

The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
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But that's only the constitution; not really important.

 

[BadBoy@TheWheel]

The entire healthcare reform bill, is going to become nothing but earmark money. It's just a huge payout that I see doing nothing for 95% of Americans....Whatever that means