Posted by
Defend America on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 3:44:15 PM
Minnesota
Rep. James Oberstar, an ardent backer of the House abortion
restrictions, will vote for the final package after a further review of
the Senate's language, giving top Democrats a critical endorsement as
they lean on their rank-and-file to back the Senate bill.
"I wanted to see the language, understand it better, have conversations
with Sen. Nelson," Oberstar said Wednesday. "On balance, it does what
we need to do."
For that reason, he's supporting the final bill. Oberstar had been a
very vocal critic of the initial House language and agreed to back the
legislation only after much stiffer restrictions had been added to it.
The chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said he
hasn't had any conversations with Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak, the author
of the House abortion restrictions, nor was he swayed by the arguments
of an outside group.
http://www.politico.com/livepulse/0310/Oberstar_will_back_final_bill.html