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Democrats to resolve abortion impasse on the House floor Updated 1:29 a.m. House Democratic leaders agreed Friday night to settle an impasse over abortion by letting the entire House vote on a proposed solution, a risky decision that could determine the fate of their trillion-dollar overhaul of the...
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  • News Source: Islamic Repulic News Agency | 15 days ago
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    House Democrats, overcoming nearly united Republican opposition and dozens of defections within their own ranks, narrowly approved a historic health care expansion last night. The bill would provide coverage for 36 million Americans, establish a...
  • News Source: Truthout | 15 days ago
    Jason Leopold, t r u t h o u t Report Saturday began with a morning pep talk from President Obama during a private meeting with Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill and a public appeal from the presidential podium in the Rose Garden shortly...
  • News Source: Russia Today | 15 days ago
    The Democrat-proposed legislation was passed with a slim majority of 220 votes to 215. The opposition was nearly unanimous, with only one Republican voting in favor of the bill. Under the legislation, large companies would have to offer coverage to...
  • News Source: CNN | 15 days ago
    With eight seconds left in the voting period, Democrats began counting down, erupting in roars when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared, "The bill is passed." Democrat Sheila Jackson-Lee from Texas waved a copy of the bill while her colleagues...
  • News Source: Belleville News-Democrat | 15 days ago
    In a last-minute compromise to build a majority in the House, Democratic leaders agreed to new language on abortion that advocates say offers stronger guarantees that federal money will not be used for abortions and that critics say goes beyond...
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    The intent of the amendment was to keep the debate about health care rather than abortion and it would make clear that - as is current law - no federal funds would be used for abortion. "Our hope was that we could continue the current ban ... Shortly
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    Late last night Nancy Pelosi "agreed ... to settle an impasse over abortion by letting the entire House vote on a proposed solution, a risky decision that could determine the fate of their trillion-dollar overhaul of the nation's health ... Under the
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    As the House of Representatives inches toward a final vote on comprehensive health care reform this weekend -- the most dramatic domestic policy debate in several generations, a reorganization of a sixth of the economy - the only thing ...
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    The amendment said health care legislation moving through Congress may not impose requirements for coverage of abortion, except in limited cases. Health overhaul legislation amended to bar requirements for abortion coverage ...
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    Washington - Democrats in the House of Representatives struggled Friday to find enough votes to pass sweeping health care legislation, as lawmakers prepared for an all-day debate and perhaps a final vote on the bill Saturday. ... Neither side of the
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    Anti-abortion Democrats will be allowed to offer an amendment during the House health-care debate set for Saturday.
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Posted By kasterling kasterling | 15 days ago
Abortion is a legal medical procedure. If private insurance companies cover it, isn't it interfering with private enterprise to prevent them from doing so?

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