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I want to report to you very big news coming out of the House of Representatives representing a significant victory for pro-lifers across the nation.
In the overnight hours - late Friday and into early Saturday - the Democrat-controlled Rules Committee met to consider which amendments would be allowed to be introduced on the House Floor when the government takeover of health care is debated on Saturday. As you know, we’ve been calling on you to stand with us in demanding a vote on the Stupak/Pitts Amendment, which would prohibit federal funding of abortions under the bill. Speaker Pelosi and House Leadership had refused such a vote, but last night proved unable to round up the 218 votes needed to pass the bill without allowing a vote on the Stupak/Pitts Amendment.
As a result, the Rules Committee has authorized debate on just one amendment to the underlying bill, and that is the Stupak/Pitts Amendment. This development is outstanding news, and it would 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 about 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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