11-9-09 - During a press conference at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Nancy Pelosi skirted a surprise question, twice. The questions pertained to 5-year jail terms and 0000 fines for those refusing to buy health insurance under her plan. However, she did say her plan was "fair". House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, was in Seattle on Monday, November 9, 2009 where she joined Democratic Reps. Jay Inslee, Jim McDermott and Norman Dicks in a tour of Swedish Medical Center. Pelosi's visit came less than 48 hours after the US House of Representatives passed the massive and short-sighted "Affordable Health Care for America Act" bill by a very narrow margin, 220-215. Pelosi needed at least 218 votes for passage. The closed door meetings and their partisan Democrat scheme worked despite the obvious will of the People as a Rasmussen poll found that 57% Americans opposed while only 41% approved government run health care. By all accounts, this bill should have died. However, the Stupak amendment revived it at the promise of removing funding for abortions, which we all know can be reversed later on. The Stupak amendment to HR 3962 was proposed and approved in the House of Representatives on November 7, 2009. UPDATE: As of Dec 22nd 2009, public funding of abortion was added by language c0-sponsored by Sen. Murray (D-WA) & Sen. Boxer (D-WA. They lied...surprise, surprise, surprise. Even Obama later admitted, "there were some stray cat and dogs that got snuck in...that we were in ...
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