WASHINGTON The Pentagon will provide travel funds and support for troops and their dependents who seek abortions but are based in states where they are now illegal.
able to get that done. senator manchin said on wednesday that an expansion of medicaid, that democrats are seeking to include in the reconciliation bill, must include the high amendment to get his support. obviously the hyde amendment states that medicaid and other federal programs are prohibited from covering abortion expenses. this morning congresswoman jayapal said she will not support the bill and if it includes the hyde amendment, where do you stand on this? how much of a roadblock to expected to be, this particular issue? that senator manchin is insisting on? i think representative paul said this is a negotiation, we have to work our way through. this but i want to be really clear. i strongly oppose the hyde amendment. with the hyde amendment does, is it says, that the one in five american women that are of reproductive age, that get their health insurance from medicaid, do not have full access to the reproductive health, care they don t have full access to all of the reprodu
we re going now. we know what the broad outlines are and failure isn t an option. we have to deliver for the american people. another issue that cropped up, public disagreement among democrats is on the hyde amendment which for folks at home prevents federal programs from covering abortion expenses. pramilla jayapal would not support a sweeping economic bill if it includes it. joe manchin on the senate side will not support anything that doesn t include it. what is the compromise there? what i want to say to both of my colleagues they should stop making sweeping statements publicly and we all need to talk to each other in a room, not go through sound bites. fair advice. do you think the democratic party did damage to itself last week with the mid terms a little more than a year away? i think when we deliver for the american people on a bill that will give them so many things we need, fixing our roads and bridges to addressing the
course, what i have been focusing my time on, which is addressing the climate crisis. let s figure out how much that is going to cost, what we are able to do. then build from there. of course, we re going to have to compromise to get to an agreement that i hope comes as close as we possibly can to fulfilling the agenda that caused americans and minnesotans to turn out in record numbers in 2020. they saw, now we re going to see something that s going to help me in my life. i want to be able to get that done. senator manchin said on wednesday that an expansion of medicaid that democrats are seeking to include in the reconciliation bill must include the hyde amendment to get his support. it states medicaid and other federal programs are prohibited from covering abortion expenses. this morning, congresswoman said