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flpoljunkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-10-09 04:14 PM
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Boxer: Senate Has Votes to Block Stupak Amendment
Sam Stein

Boxer: Senate Has Votes To Block Stupak Amendment

One of Congress's foremost champions of abortion rights said on Monday that the Senate did not have the votes to add a more restrictive anti-abortion amendment to health care reform legislation.

Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said that 60 votes would be needed to strip the current health care bill of its abortion-related language and replace it with a version resembling that passed by the House of Representatives on Saturday. And, in an interview with the Huffington Post, the California Democrat predicted that pro-choice forces in the Senate would keep that from happening.

"If someone wants to offer this very radical amendment, which would really tear apart compromise, then I think at that point they would need to have 60 votes to do it," Boxer said. "And I believe in our Senate we can hold it."

"It is a much more pro-choice Senate than it has been in a long time," she added. "And it is much more pro-choice than the House."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/10/boxer-senate-has-votes-to_n_352064.html
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-10-09 04:16 PM
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1. I hope she's right.
K&R
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Kdillard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-10-09 04:19 PM
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2. Me too.
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flpoljunkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-10-09 04:25 PM
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3. Even Baucus agrees with Boxer...
Boxer's reading of the political landscape might seem like the hopeful spin of an abortion-rights defender. But it was seconded by a another lawmaker, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

"It would have to be added," sad the Montana Democrat of an amendment that mirrored that offered Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) in the House. "I doubt it could pass."
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Proud Liberal Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-10-09 04:25 PM
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4. Let us remember this (if she's right)
Edited on Tue Nov-10-09 04:28 PM by Proud Liberal Dem
as maybe the one (and possibly, only) time that we can be happy about the 60-vote "threshold" that now seems to be required for any major legislation. This is why it might be a good idea to try pressuring Stupak and his ilk to detach this from HCR and *try* to pass it separately (although that is not likely to happen, unfortunately).
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-10-09 04:27 PM
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5. Yes!
Please, please let Senator Boxer be right about this!

:kick:
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quiet.american Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-10-09 04:27 PM
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6. That's very encouraging. nt
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-10-09 09:22 PM
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7. I'd pay to hear Bart debate Senator Boxer on this very topic.
I want a front-row seat.

I plan to arrive early.

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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-10-09 11:10 PM
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8. Kick...

...and REC!
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-10-09 11:30 PM
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9. YES! BLOCK IT!!!
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 12:14 AM
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10. I hope to hell she right.
That amendment must NOT be allowed to stay in the bill when it's time for final passage.
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Brother Buzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 12:20 AM
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11. I believe, I believe
This would be so cool if it goes down like that. I also believe Barbara has the cachet to spearhead this drive, too. Bring on the DEBATE!
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and-justice-for-all Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 12:33 AM
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12. I hope the hell they do!! nt
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 12:35 AM
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13. I love my senator!
The other one (Feinstein) can take a long walk off a short pier.

Senator Boxer! :patriot:
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 12:39 AM
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14. You said it for me, too ZW.
I love my Senator, too.
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Egnever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 02:37 AM
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15. I love your senator too!
I am looking forward to watching her put carly in her place. I am so hoping for the the republicans to waste millions of dollars on that challlenge.
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 03:41 AM
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16. She Is A Treasure, Sir!
The Senate had damned well better block the Stupak abomination.
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diane in sf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 04:23 AM
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17. I totally agree
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 09:36 AM
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18. I sure hope she is right. n/t
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olegramps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 10:19 AM
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19. Stupidpak is another chicken shit bastard that won't accept e-mail outside his district.
Yet he wants to write legislation that effects every American. He runs as the Christian Democratic candidate that wants to impose his religious beliefs on the entire nation. If this makes its way into the final legislation then I believe that it would warrant President Obama's veto as being clearly an unconstitutional attack on the basic rights of the citizens. This entire affair makes me want to vomit.
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 10:25 AM
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20. That's good. Do they have the guts to actually do it?
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 10:25 AM
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21. I thought the house was more liberal than the senate. How is it that the senate can block it
but the house wasn't?
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 11:29 AM
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22. Self delete - flpoljunkie answered my guestion
Edited on Wed Nov-11-09 11:30 AM by karynnj
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 03:15 PM
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23. Now this is the solution I want to hear
I have a very strong feeling that if healthcare will pass without this idiotic amendment, people will stop making lame justifications for it.
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 03:40 PM
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24. Well, maybe bills do go the Senate to get better....for one thing.
I really, really hope so.
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backscatter712 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 04:03 PM
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25. GOOD! My bet is that the Stupak amendment is dead.
At minimum, it'll be watered down significantly, and it'll likely be removed entirely.
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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 04:37 PM
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26. But does she have the votes to pass a bill without the anti-abortion language?
It appears that we may be heading toward a standoff.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 07:54 PM
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27. Thanks Barbara!
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