bill by a vote of 220-215.
Earlier, the House passed an amendment to pending health care
legislation that prohibits federal
funds for abortion services in the public option and in the insurance
"exchange" the bill would
create.
The vote passed 240-194.
A second amendment considered by the House, introduced by Minority
Leader John Boehner, which
would have substituted several sections of the health care bill
dealing with insurance, did not
pass. Legislators voted against the amendment 258-176.
The first amendment, introduced by anti-abortion Democrats, bans
federal funds for abortion
services in the public option and in the insurance "exchange" the bill
would create. Its
consideration was considered a big win for them and for the U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops,
which used its power -- especially with conservative Democrats in
swing congressional districts
-- to help force other Democratic leaders to permit a vote that most
of them oppose.
The prohibition, introduced by Democratic members, including Rep. Brad
Ellsworth, D-Indiana, and
Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Michigan, would exclude cases of rape, incest or
if the mother's life is in
danger.
Republicans strongly supported the measure.
The GOP accounted for 174 of the votes in favor of the amendment, with
1 Republican voting
"present."
On the Democrat's side, 64 voted for the measure, and 194 voted
against.
Read the House bill (PDF)
Earlier Saturday, President Obama said members of the House of
Representatives face the chance of
a lifetime as they consider the legislation.
After a meeting with the House Democratic leadership, the president
said he told lawmakers that
"opportunities like this come around maybe once in a generation."
"This is their moment, this is our moment, to live up to the trust
that the American people have
placed in us," Obama told reporters in the White House rose garden.
"Even when it's hard,
especially when it's hard, this is our moment to deliver."
He had just returned from Capitol Hill, where the House had begun
debate on the nearly $1.1
trillion health care bill.
A senior Democratic aide quoted the president as saying during the
meeting that he was
"absolutely confident" that they would pass the legislation.
"When I sign this in the rose garden, each and every one of you will
be able to look back and
say, 'This was my finest moment in politics,'" the aide quoted Obama
as saying.
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Anti-abortion Democrats will introduce an amendment to the measure
that would ban most abortion
coverage from the public option and other insurance providers in the
new "exchange" the
legislation would create, three Democratic sources told CNN.
The prohibition would exclude cases of rape, incest or if the woman's
life is in danger.
House Minority Leader John Boehner said the GOP leadership strongly
supports that amendment.
"We believe taxpayer funding of abortion is wrong, and we will do
everything we can to stop that
from happening, by passing the Stupak amendment," he said.
The fact that the amendment will be allowed to be proposed is a big
win for anti-abortion
Democrats and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which used its
power -- especially with
conservative Democrats in swing congressional districts -- to help
force Democratic leaders to
permit a vote that most of them oppose.
"We didn't have a choice," said a Democratic leadership source. "We
didn't have the votes" on
health care without agreeing to this compromise.
Planned Parenthood decried the amendment, saying it would result in
the elimination of abortion
coverage currently offered by most private health insurance plans.
"This amendment would violate the spirit of health care reform, which
is meant to guarantee
quality, affordable health care coverage for all by creating a
two-tiered system that would
punish women, particularly those with low and modest incomes," the
group said in a statement.
The Democratic sources said people would be able to use their own
money to purchase insurance
policy riders that include abortion coverage.
"I foresee for poor women in America a return to the dark ages," said
Rep. Alcee Hastings,
D-Florida.
Meanwhile, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus staunchly
oppose including a provision
that would bar undocumented workers from using their own money to buy
health insurance policies
available through the exchange.
Learn about the bill
The measure is already included in the Senate Finance Committee's
version of the bill and is
backed by the White House. Some conservative House Democrats have also
indicated their support
for the Senate language.
Several Hispanic Caucus members who discussed the issue with House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday
said they had received assurances the Senate language would not be
included. Rep. Charlie
Gonzalez, D-Texas, warned Thursday that several caucus members might
try to block the House bill
if it's changed to conform to the Senate measure.
Pelosi's bill includes various requirements for immigrants to verify
their citizenship before
getting federal subsidies to buy health insurance. Conservatives,
however, have called the
requirements insufficient.
Many conservatives and Blue Dog Democrats also continue to raise
questions about the overall cost
of the bill.
"The speaker's bill includes job-killing taxes and mandates that will
hurt small businesses,"
Boehner said Friday. "For the sake of our families and small
businesses, this job-killing bill
needs to be defeated."
The House bill would extend insurance coverage to 36 million uncovered
Americans and guarantee
that 96 percent of Americans have coverage, according to the
nonpartisan Congressional Budget
Office.
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Among other things, the bill would subsidize insurance for poorer
Americans, establish a new
government-run public option and create health insurance exchanges to
make it easier for small
groups and individuals to purchase coverage. It would also cap annual
out-of-pocket expenses and
prevent insurance companies from denying coverage for pre-existing
conditions.
Pelosi's office has said the bill would cut the federal deficit by
roughly $30 billion over the
next decade. The measure is financed through a combination of a tax
surcharge on wealthy
Americans and spending constraints in Medicare and Medicaid.
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