RSSLabor unions oppose Senate’s health bill
From: The Washington Times | December 18, 2009
Two politically powerful labor unions came out Thursday against the Senate's health care overhaul bill as Democratic leaders struggled to find a compromise on the measure's abortion language and lock down enough support among their party to move toward a final vote by Christmas Eve. Moderate Democrat Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, who wants to ensure that federal money is not used to pay for abortions, said Thursday that he hasn't found a compromise that would win his vote without threatening the support for the bill from liberal, pro-choice members. Republicans, for their part, threatened to use every procedural trick ...
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