Last year, despite a lot of fanfare about Democrats who dissented from the health care vote facing a primary challenge, very few actually received such a challenge, and nobody was defeated. Many Blue Dogs who voted against the health care law ended up losing in November to Republicans, which showed how useless it was to [...]

UPDATE: Looks like there’s a deal. That would wrap this up. Stay tuned. Bart Stupak has scheduled his third press conference in less than a day, presumably to announce the state of play on health care and the abortion language. The first two press events were cancelled, so that’s always a possibility here. Stupak just [...]

The Hill quotes Bishop Stupak saying that his dozen supporters have narrowed to a half-dozen. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) says that “at least six” of his original “dozen” members are standing firmly against the Senate healthcare bill. Following a 20-minute huddle on the House floor with a handful of the holdouts, Stupak told reporters that [...]

More than anything, Bart Stupak running to local radio and telling them that Henry Waxman wants to fund abortions is a pretty sure sign that he’s completely outmatched on the issue and will now resort to scare tactics. In an interview with Marquette, Mich., radio station WKQS’ Mark & Walk morning show, Stupak described what [...]

Everyone’s trying to get a handle on the key votes for health care. The DC insider paper the Hotline just released their whip count, but there’s precious little data so far. However, we do know a bit more today. Artur Davis (D-AL), who represents a very blue district in Alabama but is running for Governor [...]