in march of 2010, with the house on the brink of passing the affordable care act, members of nancy pelosi s caucus rebelled. the question tonight is whether enough right-leaning democrats will go along when the votes are cast tomorrow afternoon. tonight it s down to the wire. conservative democrats, led by michigan s bart stupak, refused to vote for the bill without assurances that federal funds would not be used for abortions. you think the bill will pass right now, congressman? right now, today, no. house speaker pelosi joined forces with the white house and brokered a crucial last-minute compromise. president obama agreed to sign an executive order guaranteeing no federal funds would be used for abortion. with the help of the president, the speaker, we were
in march of 2010, with the house on the brink of passing the affordable care act, members of nancy pelosi s caucus rebelled. the question tonight is whether enough right-leaning democrats will go along when the votes are cast tomorrow afternoon. tonight it s down to the wire. conservative democrats, led by michigan s bart stupak, refused to vote for the bill without assurances that federal funds would not be used for abortions. you think the bill will pass right now, congressman? right now, today, no. house speaker pelosi joined forces with the white house and brokered a crucial last-minute compromise. president obama agreed to sign an executive order guaranteeing no federal funds would be used d for abortion. we come with an agreement to
in march of 2010, with the house on the brink of passing the affordable care act, members of nancy pelosi s caucus rebelled. the question to want is whether or not right leading democrats will go along when the votes are cast tomorrow afternoon. tonight it is down to the wire. conservative democrats led by michigan s bart stupak refused to vote for the bill without assurances that federal funds would not be used for abortions. do you think the bill will pass right now, congressman? right now today? no. house speaker pelosi joined forces with the white house and brokered a crucial, last-minute compromise. an executive order guaranteeing no federal funds would be used