Bart Stupak – I have votes to defeat healthcare bill (and takes a shot at Axelrod)

drobamasteinBart Stupak (D-MI) said today on Fox and Friends that he has the votes to defeat healthcare reform aka PelosiCARE/ObamaCARE if his abortion amendment is taken out. Stupak claims to have between 10-20 anti-abortion Democrats would vote against a bill with weaker language according to The Hill. Knowing the current crop of Democrats, i think this is nothing more than lip service, and they would just cower to Obama and Pelosi anyway.

“They’re not going to take it out,” Stupak said on “Fox and Friends,” referring to Senate Democrats. “If they do, healthcare will not move forward.”

Stupak’s amendment prohibits any insurance plan on a potential healthcare exchange from accepting federal subsidies if it covers abortion. Pro-abortion-rights lawmakers say that language is too broad and would drastically reduce access to abortion.

White House senior adviser David Axelrod said over the weekend that he expected Stupak’s language to be “adjusted.”

Stupak disagreed.

“We won fair and square,” Stupak said of the House vote. “[T]hat is why Mr. Axelrod is not a legislator — he doesn’t really know what he is talking about.”
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The Michigan Democrat said he has enough votes to take down the whole bill if his amendment is replaced with a weaker version.

“If they strip our language … they keep the Capps amendment. At least 10 to 15 to 20 of us will not vote for it,” he said, referring to an amendment offered by pro-choice Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.).


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November 17, 2009 · Filed Under ObamaCARE

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One Response to “Bart Stupak – I have votes to defeat healthcare bill (and takes a shot at Axelrod)”

  1. victoria_29 on December 25th, 2009 6:25 am

    Maybe Bart is a Democrat with an actual backbone to stand up for his beliefs. Or maybe he will be another Parker Griffith who finally showed some intelligence.

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