As Adam notes, incumbents should take Rep. Allan Mollohan’s loss of his primary as a shot across the bow but there are 13 members it should terrify. Mollohan was one of the 14 Democrats who voted for Bart Stupak’s amendment in November and for health care reform on final passage. Republicans are targeting this group, [...]
As Jay notes, Congressman Randy Neugebauer of Texas has owned up to shouting “Baby killer” last night on the House floor, and apologized for it. Here, from our friends at the C-Span Video Library, are Congressman Bart Stupak’s comments from last night.: more about "What Set Neugebauer Off", posted with vodpod (If the video doesn’t [...]
The great mystery of the passage of health care reform is resolved. Who yelled “baby killer” at Bart Stupak during the debate over the motion to recommit? Texas Republican Rep. Randy Neugebauer just now issued the following statement: “Last night was the climax of weeks and months of debate on a health care bill that [...]
Oh, how quickly they turn. A short while ago, Bart Stupak was in the midst of delivering an impassioned argument against the Republican motion to recommit the health reform bill when a Republican across the aisle hollered “Babykiller!” at him. That has to be a first for Stupak. But it may not be the last, [...]
A quick turn around time.com story from me on Michigan’s Bart Stupak and his 15 minutes of global fame today.
Bart Stupak and the congressional leaders are in a complicated mating dance. In a bold courting move this morning leadership sources leaked that the Michigan Democrat was a Yea. Not so quick, replied Stupak’s office. Coyly, he said, he’s still in talks and reviewing the executive order. Word back from leadership sources is that Rep. [...]
MSNBC and C-SPAN are reporting that Michigan Democrat Bart Stupak will vote for the bill, bringing along at least half a dozen votes with him. Apparently, an executive order on abortion that the White House had been negotiating with Stupak is what pushed him over the edge. Stupak, a pro-life Democrat, nearly derailed the passage [...]
The leader of the House Democratic opposition to the Senate health care reform bill’s abortion provisions says he is getting more optimistic that a compromise can be reached. From the Associated Press: “I’m more optimistic than I was a week ago,” Stupak said in an interview between meetings with constituents in his northern Michigan district. [...]
