DECISIVE HOUSE VOTE TO OCCUR ON OR ABOUT MARCH 20.
President Barack Obama and Speaker Nancy Pelosi are pulling out all the stops to pass a massive pro-abortion health care bill. The days immediately ahead will decide the issue.
The health care bill (H.R. 3590) was already passed in the U.S. Senate on December 24, 2009. In order to enact it, however, President Obama and Speaker Pelosi must convince a majority in the House of Representatives to also vote for the bill. So far the White House and Democratic leaders have been unable to muster the votes to pass the bill in the House of Representatives, partly because of resistance to the pro-abortion provisions among House prolife Democrats. This effort is being led by Michigan's Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI). It has been reported that President Obama has postponed a trip to Indonesia and Australia to pressure Democrats to support the health care bill.
When all of the pro-abortion provisions are considered in total, the Senate bill is the most pro-abortion single piece of legislation that has ever come to the House floor for a vote since 1973 when Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton were handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court legalizing abortion through all nine months of pregnancy. More Information
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The vote is too close to call. All House Republicans oppose H.R. 3590. The outcome will be determined by whether undecided Democrat lawmakers recognize sufficient opposition among their constituents to convince them to vote against the urgings of the President and their party leaders.
In Michigan, the focus is on Rep. Dale Kildee.
Sample message: "I strongly urge Rep. Kildee to OPPOSE the Senate health care bill because the bill contains many pro-abortion provisions."
U.S. Rep. Dale Kildee (D)
Washington, D.C., phone: 202-225-3611
District Offices:
Flint (810) 239-1437
Bay City (989) 891-0990
Saginaw (989) 755-8904
District Toll Free (800) 662-2685
A call of appreciation for Rep. Bart Stupak is also needed.
Sample message: "Please thank Rep. Stupak for his strong prolife leadership and work to keep my tax dollars from paying for abortion as part of national health care."
U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak (D)
Washington, D.C., phone: 202-225-4735
District Offices:
Alpena (989) 356-0690
Crystal Falls (906) 875-3751
Escanaba (906) 786-4504
Houghton (906) 482-1371
Marquette (906) 228-3700
Petoskey (231) 348-0657
West Branch (989) 345-2258
Distict Toll Free (800) 950-7371
