If every current House Democrat who voted for healthcare reform last November does so again, leadership will have exactly the 216 votes needed for passage. But the absence of anti-abortion language favored by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., and blowback from concerned seniors could cost Democrats some of those votes. Here is a look at how seniors and Stupak's anti-abortion amendment factors into Democrats' previous vote on healthcare reform.
This article appeared in the Saturday, March 20, 2010 edition of National Journal Daily.
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