Rep. Diana DeGette says Democrats don't need Stupak. Update: Executive order compromise?

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/19/health-care-whip-count-li_n_505709.html


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12:38 PM ET -- Rep. Diana DeGette says Democrats don't need Stupak.

Rep. Diana DeGette (D-cClo) says that Democrats can pass the bill without Bart Stupak and his allies. DeGette is the leading pro-choice negotiator and a member of the whip team. She said Stupak got no deal. "The speaker has told them there is not going to be a separate vote," she said.

A whip meeting had been scheduled for noon but has been pushed back by floor votes.

12:30 PM ET -- Rep. Defazio meeting with Obama this afternoon

Rep. Peter Defazio (D-Oregon) is meeting with President Obama later Saturday to work out an executive solution to the Medicare disparity issue that has him and a few other members threatening to take down the bill, he told reporters in the Capitol.


Update
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/19/health-care-whip-count-li_n_505709.html

12:58 PM ET -- Rep. DeGette open to executive order compromise on abortion.

The lead pro-choice negotiator in the House said Saturday that she would accept an executive order related to abortion, the latest compromise to be floated to win over pro-life Democrats. "If there was an executive order saying that they weren't going to use federal funds in the bill to pay for abortions that would be fine with me because we've stipulated to that even though we don't like it. It's the compromise we came to way back in July," she said.

1:11 PM ET -- Pelosi open to exutive order compromise.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is open to an executive order clarifying that federal funds cannot be used for abortions.

"I don't know why you all are hung up on this. I'm trying to tell you, it's about the bill," she said. HuffPost asked her about the prospect of an executive order. "An executive order is a different thing. That might be a possibility," she said.


Latest Abortion Idea -- An Executive Order?
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/live/countdown-to-reform-wire/#
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/03/by-lori-montgomery-ben-pershin.html?wprss=44

Update
Hoyer Confirms Executive Order Under Discussion
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/live/countdown-to-reform-wire/?ref=fpblg#