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Wash. postDemocratic lawmakers, fearful that President Obama is on the verge of significantly diluting a proposed regulation that would give millions of women access to birth control without out-of-pocket insurance charges, are furiously lobbying the White House to hold the line.
At issue is whether the provision, announced in August, should exempt a far broader range of religious organizations than originally proposed.
In a phone call with senior White House adviser David Plouffe on Tuesday afternoon, eight senators argued that the consequences of expanding the exemption would be devastating, according to people familiar with the call.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) also raised the issue with Obama while she was with him in New Hampshire on Tuesday, her communications director said. These discussions followed conference calls late last week between other top White House officials and members of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus.
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