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March 21, 2010

Stupak close to deal with White House

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The Hill reports that Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) said Sunday morning that he is close to striking a deal with the Obama administration on abortion provisions. The possible deal would focus on an executive order that would specify there would be no public funding for abortions in the healthcare bill.

As Jennifer Rubin points out, an executive order is worthless:

In the list of deceptions and worm-like maneuvers, this one ranks up there. No, you haven't forgotten your basic civics. An executive order cannot countermand a statute passed by Congress and signed by the president. If ObamaCare says, "We will subsidize abortion," no executive order can effectively say, "but not really." And if it were so, then every pro-choice member of Congress who is voting for this is deceiving the public by voting to "preserve reproductive choice." Certainly Rep. Bart Stupak and his cohorts know this. He and his gang of seven or so are now simply looking for cover to sell out. Just as Sen. Ben Nelson voted for a measure that plainly didn't preserve the Hyde Amendment, so too we see the Stupak Gang willing to use the skimpiest of fig leaves to hide their willingness to abandon principle.

Michelle Malkin's response to the rumors of an executive order says it all (H/t - Meredith Jessup):

If Democrat Rep. Bart Stupak and his pro-life colleagues are feckless enough to sign on to the nationalization of 1/6 of the American economy and the bottomless generational debt it will incur for another worthless Obama promise and empty scrap of paper, God help us all.

Let's all hear a big Amen to that!

Posted by Richard at March 21, 2010 10:13 AM

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