{"id":455102,"date":"2010-03-21T16:10:17","date_gmt":"2010-03-21T20:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/?p=74359"},"modified":"2010-03-21T16:10:17","modified_gmt":"2010-03-21T20:10:17","slug":"liveblogging-bishop-stupak%e2%80%99s-presser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/455102","title":{"rendered":"Liveblogging Bishop Stupak\u2019s Presser"},"content":{"rendered":"

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All indications are that a deal has been reached<\/a>, which would be consequential for passing the health care bill.<\/p>\n

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“Eight or nine” Democrats, including Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), will announce the deal at a 4 p.m. press conference, according to an anti-abortion Democrat.<\/p>\n

“We’ve changed [our votes],” said Rep. Steve Driehaus (D-Ohio).<\/p>\n

Driehaus said he’s seen the executive order and can now vote for the healthcare bill. He said Stupak has signed off, as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Just waiting on Stupak to confirm it himself. And the details, of course.<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/strong>: FDL has the text of the agreement\/executive order here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

…Dan Pfeiffer just released a statement on the executive order: The President announced that he will release an executive order, providing “additional safeguards” ensuring that the status quo will be enforced. So this is a done deal.<\/p>\n

Stupak is at the podium with Dahlkemper, Driehaus, Kaptur, and one other guy (not sure who).<\/p>\n

…Here is the actual text of the abortion language<\/a>.<\/p>\n

…Rahall and Mollohan in the deal, per Stupak. “We have an agreement.” There will be no public funding for abortion. “Stood on principle.” (whatever)<\/p>\n

…Current Hyde language will apply throughout the health care bill. (I think that’s Chris Carney, an announced yes, behind Stupak…)<\/p>\n

…Executive order will be signed after the health care legislation.<\/p>\n

…President’s executive order makes it clear that abortions couldn’t be performed at community health centers (that’s never happened in the history of CHCs). Conscience clause will not be co-opted by legislation.<\/p>\n

…Marcy Kaptur at the podium. She was already a Yes. So I’m still wondering if there isn’t a hint of drama here, but it’s probably over.<\/p>\n

…By the way, Stupak and Kaptur are begging for a primary challenge with this grandstanding, and hijacking of the debate.<\/p>\n

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Tags: abortion<\/a>, Bart Stupak<\/a>, Health care<\/a>, Steve Driehaus<\/a><\/p>\n

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All indications are that a deal has been reached, which would be consequential for passing the health care bill. “Eight or nine” Democrats, including Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), will announce the deal at a 4 p.m. press conference, according to an anti-abortion Democrat. “We’ve changed [our votes],” said Rep. Steve Driehaus (D-Ohio). Driehaus said he’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4406,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-455102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4406"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}