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Defend America on Monday, March 08, 2010 12:45:18 PM
Illinois Democrat Lipinski Will Switch from Yes to No if Health Bill Lacks Stupak Amendment
March 8, 2010 10:55 AM
Add Congressman Dan Lipinski of Illinois to the
coalition of pro-life Democrats standing firmly with Bart Stupak in the
fight over taxpayer-funding of abortion in the health care bill. Asked
if the congressman is "open to voting for a health care bill that lacks
the Stupak amendment," Lipinski's spokesman Nathaniel Zimmer replied in
an email to THE WEEKLY STANDARD: "No. Congressman Lipinski will not
vote for a health care bill that provides federal funding for abortion."
In addition to Stupak and Lipinski, Congressman
Jim Oberstar of Minnesota has said that he will not vote for the health
care bill if it lacks the Stupak amendment: "I will not vote for a
health care bill that doesn't have the House abortion language in it,"
Oberstar told Congressional Quarterly on February 24.
What's interesting about the emphatic opposition
of Stupak, Lipinski, and Oberstar is that they are all liberals who
easily won reelection in 2008. That year, Stupak had a 90% liberal
rating from Americans for Democratic Action and a 32-point margin of
victory; Oberstar had an 80% ADA rating and a 36-point margin of
victory; and Lipinski had a 90% ADA rating and a 52-point margin of
victory.
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