Stupak: No Deal Yet on Health Bill

Rep reportedly has deal with White House to secure his vote
By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 21, 2010 1:11 PM CDT
Updated Mar 21, 2010 2:03 PM CDT
Stupak: No Deal Yet on Health Bill
House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee Chairman Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich.   (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The health reform bill still doesn't contain abortion language Bart Stupak is comfortable with, and he's still negotiating with the White House, the Michigan Democrat said this afternoon. "There is no agreement, so until there's agreement I'm a no vote," Stupak told Talking Points Memo. Earlier reports suggested he had struck a deal to trade a yea vote for an executive order reaffirming the Hyde Amendment.
(More Bart Stupak stories.)

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