Democrats press to retain longtime abortion funding ban
While presidential candidates such as Democratic front-runner
It is a long-settled feature of the annual funding measure, which contains numerous programs dear to
Powering the pragmatic approach is simple reality: The
It's a different story on the presidential campaign trail, however, where Biden's reversal on the Hyde Amendment — named after former Rep.
Most of the rest of the Democratic field already opposed the Hyde Amendment, though many of them have voted for in during their
In fact, the Democratic efforts this week to repeal the Hyde Amendment appear designed to fail. Hyde first added the provision to the annual measure in 1976, and some
Liberal opponents of the provision, led by Rep.
But their approach wouldn't just repeal the Hyde Amendment. It would also mandate new policy to require that the government "ensure coverage for abortion in public health insurance programs" and other steps. The approach requires special treatment under House rules, a relatively rare step that Speaker
Democratic leaders are not expected to allow Lee to offer the amendment as they announce the rules for floor debate later Monday, aides said.
Liberals didn't offer a simpler version of the amendment to simply strike the longstanding Hyde language, an approach that wouldn't fall afoul of House rules and would likely be able to pass. The end result, if all goes according to plan, would be for the fight to simply fizzle out.
DeLauro, a close Pelosi ally and lead author of the underlying health and education funding bill, says that
"This president is highly invested in continuing these attacks on women, and we also know the power of the
DeLauro and other top sponsors of the health, education and labor spending bill such as Sen.
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