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      <excerpt>...Countering critics who claim the Stupak Amendment will be altered or stripped from Congress health care reform bill, Rep. Bart Stupak says his pro-life amendment is vital to the legislations progress and was added fair and square. &quot;They're not going to </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...the use of federal subsidies for insurance that covers elective abortions. Supporters of the Stupak amendment &#8212; named for Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Michigan &#8212; say the amendment simply maintains the status quo by challenging language in the health care bil</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...pressed, she admitted otherwise. &quot;I do not have personal knowledge of that,&quot; Lurie said. &quot;You're under oath,&quot; Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak said.&#160;&quot;Don't be testifying to things you don't have personal knowledge about.&quot; Lawmakers also want to know why the F</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...country,&quot; she said. &quot;I've got to say that I think the Catholic bishops and all of the other groups shouldn't have input.&quot; Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) won't have the votes to block a health bill if it doesn't contain his abortion restrictions, Rep. Diana </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> By Randiah Green Speakers from across the country, including Democratic US Rep. Bart Stupak of Menominee, gathered at the University of Toledo for the ninth ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) tussled with his party&amp;#39;s leadership in the House of Representatives for months before finally making an actionable threat: give me a ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> That&amp;#39;s right; the pigheaded religious fanatic that&amp;#39;s Bart Stupak that&amp;#39;s been on and on about how the health care bill needs to be rewritten so that women ... </excerpt>
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