Nov 7th, 2009 - The Christian Science Monitor
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When President Obama arrived at the Cannon office building Saturday to rally House Democrats for a historic vote on healthcare reform, he was met with anti-abortion protesters, chanting, “Kill the bill! Kill the Pelosi bill!”
But they were too late. The issue that could have broken the drive toward comprehensive healthcare reform in the House had been settled just hours earlier.
On the eve of the vote, some 40 Democrats had been holding out for stronger language in the bill to ensure that no taxpayer dollars be used to fund abortion services. Various accounting devices had been proposed to isolate the federal funding, but that wasn’t enough.
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Nov 8th, 2009 - Reuters
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Mr Obama personally urged the Democrats to back the bill
US President Barack Obama has hailed as "historic" the approval of a health bill by the House of Representatives.Dem abortion foes to offer amendment
Nov 7th, 2009 - UPI
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