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...Nelson and Kent Conrad have stopped short of demanding the exact Stupak language, but have warned that weak abortion restrictions could force them to vote no on health reform. Abortion-rights advocates, who are still stunned by the last-minute deal that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made to allow a vote on Stupak's controversial measure, claim the provision will greatly limit the availability of abortions, especially for low-income women. They have dubbed it "the coat-hanger amendment." (See the top 10 key players in health care reform...
...Overconfidence on Both Sides At the time, Stupak's opposition to the Capps amendment - he was suspicious of it because it had been drafted without his group's input, by a pro-choice Democrat no less - seemed unimportant. Democratic leaders thought their solution would allow them to cobble together enough pro-life votes, and they were convinced that the amendment had taken abortion off the table...
...Chinese dissident. Now human-rights activists wonder if Obama will use the bully pulpit of the prize to push for the release of dozens of jailed activists being held throughout the country. Expectations aren't high. In February, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. wouldn't allow human rights to derail cooperation with China on issues like climate change and rebuilding the global economy. Then last month Obama decided to postpone meeting with the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, until after his visit to China. That was widely seen as an effort to avoid upsetting Beijing...
...pirated in China each year. The U.S. has pushed China to step up its enforcement of intellectual-property rights, arguing that it's one way to narrow a trade gap that reached $268 billion last year. While the U.S. is unlikely to make any progress on pushing China to allow its currency to appreciate, it could make a stronger case on preventing piracy, says James McGregor, the former chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China. As China tries to move beyond cheap manufacturing, its companies will begin to suffer more from poor protection of intellectual property. Piracy...
...finger at the U.S.'s profligate spending and weak control of financial markets. Obama is expected to raise the renminbi issue during his visit to China, but with China trying to prop up an export sector that has suffered from the downturn, there is little hope that it will allow its currency to appreciate anytime soon...