Stupak willing to Agree to Hyde Amendent! (THIS WILL SEAL THE DEAL PEOPLE)

[berni_mccoy]

Stupak has come forward saying he would vote yes (and bring the remainder of his bloc) on HCR if they could get a separate vote on the Hyde Amendment later this year. Currently, the Hyde Amendment is not a permanent law, but a tag on the HHS appropriations bill. Stupak wants a vote on a separate law that is the same as the current Hyde Amendment and is not attached to the HHS appropriations. He's not asking for support of that bill either, just a vote on it.

HCR is about to become law. History is about to be made.

More here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/19/847835/-BREAKING:-Possible-Separate-Vote-on-Stupak-Amendment

[WCGreen]

1. Now I'm getting tingly all over.....

[stopbush]

44. And once Stupka loses his primary, the vote will never have to be taken.

So, fuck you, Brad Stupak!

[Hippo_Tron]

2. The deal was already sealed, IMO fuck Stupak

A vote on the Hyde Amendment is going to do nothing but bring a divisive issue into the news cycle and force Democrats to take a tough vote before an election.

[Ikonoklast]

23. Not if the vote is scheduled in December.

The Dems set the schedule.

[Hippo_Tron]

33. December I can live with I suppose

[CTyankee]

37. It might be embarrassing but seeing that it is settled law at this point

it is meaningless. The Supreme Court settled it in Harris v. MacRae (1980). Of course we liberals don't like it but that is irrelevant as far as members of Congress are concerned. Whether they think it's a good thing or a bad thing is of no consequence and will be rightly pointed out by Dems if push comes to shove.

[backscatter712]

3. Does this mean Stupak caved?

This smells like a face-saver deal so he doesn't get totally humiliated when his vaunted 12 abandon him.

Hope so...

[berni_mccoy]

4. Mostly yes.

But I would not want to see the Hyde Amendment become permanent law either, even though it essentially is being continuously tacked onto the HHS appropriations bill each year.

[CTyankee]

39. As long as we have the Supreme Court decision on Hyde, it really

doesn't matter. Unless another challenge unrelated to the Harris decision can be mounted successfully against it in the SCOTUS, I don't see the permanent status issue a big deal. Yucky, yes, but it changes nothing...

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

6. Yup.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. GREAT NEWS!

I can practically taste the victory!

Or maybe it's just my coffee...

:P

[NYC_SKP]

11. Drink it. Drink the Coffee, CaliforniaPeggy!

[NYC_SKP]

7. What's that sound? "Pop...Pop-Pop... Popity-Pop..." Heads exploding!

Some are Republicans, some are Anarchists, and some even post on Democratic Discussion Boards!



:patriot:

[RagAss]

16. The hovering has commenced !

[tallahasseedem]

32. I love your pic!

Adorable! :D

[NNN0LHI]

8. The nuns got to him

Probably threatened to crack his knuckles with a yardstick.

And they weren't kidding.

Don

[tallahasseedem]

14. LOL!

I missed your post and posted the same thing! I think you're right! :)

[Inuca]

15. LOL!!! His rant

yesterday about the irrelevancy of nuns was... strange.

[CTyankee]

42. Where was it? I looked on the Hardball website and it wasn't there.

Was it on another cable show?

[Inuca]

46. I think it was Hardball

not 100% sure. Definitely MSNBC.

[KharmaTrain]

17. That's What's Been Happening...

He's been getting hammered on the cables for his remarks about "I don't listen to nuns". And then he cites Fecal on the Family as an "advisor"? He was complaining about all the pressure on him prior to this faux pas. He's looking for an out and found it. Methinks his phone calls got very nasty the last 24 hours.

Cheers...

:hi:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

22. Celebrate the Nun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_kMpuBOl94

[Matariki]

45. Oh the 80s. So embarrassing.

[monmouth]

24. Bet it was Sister Prudentia. She was "killer nun"..(She loved the name)..n/t

[NNN0LHI]

29. Remember the Penguin? You can't lie to a nun

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6hlm6_blues-brothers-penguin_fun

[monmouth]

30. Haha, love it!..n/t

[Ikonoklast]

28. Yardstick? How passe.

You fuck with The Sisters of Perpetual Mercy at your own peril.

[LiberalFighter]

38. Not low enough.

[Bolo Boffin]

9. Stupak willing to agree to what he's been trying to do all along?

How about that.

The Stupak-Pitts amendment only enshrined the Hyde Amendment into law anyway. So he's willing to settle for everything he wants?

The Hyde Amendment has been added to the appropriations bill for almost four decades now. Leaving it off would be a titanic struggle as it is, and he knows this.

The Catholic bishops should be told to leave off abortion until we know that they will keep their fucking hands off the kids once they're born.

[bain_sidhe]

10. This was what it was about all along

Not that the Senate language allowed "taxpayerfundedabortionsohmy", but that it left the Hyde amendment as an annual measure rather than making it permanent. There was always a chance that it could be "left out" of the appropriations bill in some future year.

[bullwinkle428]

12. Kinda sounds like he's getting what he wants, by forcing a vote

on the Hyde amendment! :mad:

[CTyankee]

40. Why do you say that?

[tallahasseedem]

13. OMG!

I think the nuns probably hit him hard after his disastrous interview on Hardball last night!

[NNN0LHI]

18. Smart people don't mess with nuns

They don't play. At least the ones I knew didn't. They could be sweet as could be, but never cross them.

Don

[LiberalLoner]

19. Oh, I hope so! I hope it will pass! I have been nervous. Pence is on TV now

saying it won't pass, etc. I hate listening to the R's, I really do. :(

[Jennicut]

20. The question is, would the seperate bill pass the Senate?

It would need to get cloture and can he even get that?

[NYC_SKP]

21. CNN, Pence says "It's clear Democrats don't have the votes to pass the bill". snort.

not to jinx it but, geeze, that's desperate of them...

[tallahasseedem]

25. Pence = Douche...

There's nothing better than Freep desperation in the afternoon! :)

[prolesunited]

27. Smells like desperation

[berni_mccoy]

31. He must be plugged into FDL

Reciting Norquist talking points so accurately and all.

[rox63]

26. Hyde has effectively been the law anyway, so this sounds like a real breakthrough

YAY! HCR is around the corner!

[Pirate Smile]

34. Let the House vote on it. The Senate probably wont even bring it up for a vote. It is a separate

bill not attached to the HCR Bill plus fix.

[SidDithers]

35. Kick & Rec...

and recognition for all of your posts on the subject of HCR.

Sid

[Parker CA]

36. Stupak cominng up on MSNBC soon. Should be interesting to see if he announces his support.

[berni_mccoy]

43. He insisted that the Senate does not preserve Hyde. He wants Hyde to be enforced

in the language of the bill. He countered the original report that said he'd allow a vote later in the year. He wants the vote now, before HCR is passed. And it sounds like the bill he wants passed is something different than a permanent Hyde Amendment.

Deal isn't done yet.

[Hekate]

41. The nuns! It was the nuns whacking him with their rulers! In unison! He had penguin nightmares!

:woohoo: Nuns rock! :yourock: :woohoo:

and for good measure :rofl:

Hekate

[BurtWorm]

47. It sounds like he got sucker punched,

I do like that.