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THE INFLUENCE GAME: Bishops shape health care bill
November 11, 2009
By: Julie Hirschfeld Davis
Protecting a Woman's Right to Choose
November 10, 2009
By: Reps. Diana DeGette and Jan Schakowsy
Anti-abortion amendment put health reform in a bind
November 10, 2009
By: Michael Riley
Will Not Vote for Conference Report that Restricts a Women's Right to Choose Any Further than Current Law
President Obama and Senate Democrats sought on Sunday to generate momentum from the House's passage of health-care legislation, even as a new hurdle emerged: profound dismay among abortion-rights supporters over antiabortion provisions inserted into the House bill.
Wider Oversight Looms for Insurers
November 9, 2009
By: Avery Johnson
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, today voted in support of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, which passed on a bipartisan vote of 220 to 215:
Abortion Was at Heart of Wrangling
November 8, 2009
By: David M. Herszenhorn and Jackie Calmes