Representative Bart Stupak (D-MI) isn't the type to yell "You lie!" while the president is addressing a joint session of Congress. But according to the soft-spoken pro-life Michigan Democrat, Barack Obama isn't telling the full truth when he says "no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions" in the congressional health care plan. "There certainly is public funding for abortion" in the House bill, says Stupak. If Nancy Pelosi and Rules Committee chairman Louise Slaughter do not allow an up-or-down vote on his amendment to explicitly ban coverage for elective abortions in the bill, Stupak's going to lead a coalition of Democrats to vote with the Republicans "to try to take down the rule." That would keep the bill from moving out of the committee to the floor. Weekly Standard
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