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As you know, House Speaker Pelosi and other House leaders did not want the Stupak/Pitts Amendment up for a vote. But the fact is they were unable to garner the 218 votes needed to approve the bill without a vote on this critical pro-life amendment.
The Rules Committee has authorized debate on just one amendment to the underlying bill, and that is the Stupak/Pitts Amendment. This is an important development and could not have happened without the support of the more than 168,000 of you who signed our petition opposing government-run health care and demanding that abortion coverage be stripped from the bill.
Now that a vote has been secured, we're now concentrating our efforts on the outcome of the vote on the Stupak/Pitts Amendment. The vote is expected to be very close, and there are a number of Members of the House who will receive intense pressure to oppose the amendment. We will be engaging these Members throughout the day. A vote is expected either Saturday evening or Sunday.
While significant problems would remain in the bill even if the Stupak/Pitts Amendment is adopted, achieving debate on this amendment is a significant pro-life victory. Now, in this critical hour, we must speak out for those unable to defend themselves and demand that the House stand with the nearly 70% of the American people who don’t want the federal government to subsidize abortion.
Please contact your House Member and urged them to vote "yes" on the Stupak/Pitts Amendment. Contact information on your House Member is posted here.
And, here is a list of House Members who are considered to be key swing votes with the pro-life amendment:
Abercrombie (202) 225-2726
Adler (202) 225-4765
Altmire (202) 225-2565
Arcuri 202.225.3665
Baird (202) 225-3536
Barrow (202) 225-2823
Bean (202) 225-3711
Berry (202) 225-4076
Boccieri (202) 225-3876
Boren (202) 225-2701
Boucher (202) 225-3861
Boyd 202.225.5235
Bright (202) 225-2901
Cardoza (202) 225-6131
Carney (202) 225-3731
Chandler (202) 225-4706
Childers (202) 225-4306
Connolly (202) 225-1492
Cooper (202) 225-4311
Costa (202) 225-3341
Cuellar 202.225.1640
Dahlkemper (202) 225-5406
Davis (AL-07) (202) 225-2665
Davis (TN-04) (202) 225-6831
Donnelly (202) 225-3915
Driehaus (202) 225-2216
Edwards (TX-17) 202.225.6105
Ellsworth 202.225.4636
Etheridge (202) 225-4531
Giffords 202-225-2542
Gordon (202) 225-4231
Griffith (202) 225-4801
Halvorson 202-225-3635
Herseth Sandlin (202) 225-2801
Hill (202) 225-5315
Hodes (202) 225-5206
Holden (202) 225-5546
Inslee (202) 225-6311
Kagen (202) 225-5655
Kanjorski 202.225.6511
Kaptur (202) 225-4146
Kaptur (202) 225-4146
Kirkpatrick 202.225.2315
Klein 202-225-3026
Kosmas 202.225.2706
Kratovil (202) 225-5311
Kucinich (202) 225-5871
Langevin 202.225.2735
Lipinski (202) 225-5701
Lynch (202) 225-8273
Maffei 202.225.3701
Markey (CO-04) (202) 225-4676
Markey (MA-07) (202) 225-2836
Marshall (202) 225-6531
Massa (202) 225-3161
Matheson (202) 225-3011
McIntyre (202) 225-2731
McMahon (202) 225-3371
Melancon (202) 225-4031
Michaud (202) 225-6306
Minnick (202) 225-6611
Mitchell (202) 225-2190
Mollohan 202.225.4172
Murphy (NY-20) (202) 225-5614
Murtha (202) 225-2065
Nye 202.225.4215
Perriello (202) 225-4711
Peters (202) 225-5802
Peterson (202) 225-2165
Pomeroy (202) 225-2611
Rahall (202) 225-3452
Richardson (202) 225-7924
Rodriguez 202.225.4511
Ross (202) 225-3772
Ruppersberger (202) 225-3061
Sanchez (CA-47) 202.225.2965
Schrader 202.225.5711
Scott (VA-03) 202.225.8351
Shuler (202) 225-6401
Skelton (202) 225-2876
Smith 202.225.8901
Space (202) 225-6265
Tanner (202) 225-4714
Taylor (202) 225-5772
Teague (202) 225-2365
Visclosky (202) 225-2461
Wu (202) 225-0855
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