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...vote on an amendment that would have paid for the bill using unused stimulus funds, which failed - other Senators are looking at leaving and then passing legislation when they reconvene April 12. "Whatever we do will be retroactive if we don't get it done now," Senator Debbie Stabenow, a Michigan Democrat, told reporters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Senate Republicans Want Another Benefits Filibuster? | 3/26/2010 | See Source »

...Casey of Pennsylvania, a pro-life Catholic, listened in silence. A few minutes later, a reporter asked his opinion on abortion coverage in the Senate version of health reform. "We want to make sure that there is no federal funding of abortion," began Casey, but Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow quickly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can a Pro-Life Dem Bridge the Health-Care Divide? | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

...Shaking her head, Stabenow jumped in again. "This health care debate is not about changing current policy on abortion," she said. "There is no funding for abortion. So there should be no problem." Unfortunately for Stabenow and other Democrats, in the month since that meeting, abortion has become very much a problem - if not the biggest hurdle - in passing health care reform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can a Pro-Life Dem Bridge the Health-Care Divide? | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

...sand," he says. "I just think that there's going to be enough momentum to get a bill passed that one issue - even one very important issue - will not prevent passage." That said, when pressed, Casey, with a faint smile on his face, echoed the same line he told Stabenow in the meeting with faith leaders: "There's still a good bit of work to be done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can a Pro-Life Dem Bridge the Health-Care Divide? | 11/24/2009 | See Source »

...seat. In the months before the election he was paralyzed in the Senate, afraid to do anything that might make him more vulnerable. Reid, it seems, is taking the opposite approach. "It's always difficult being in leadership when you're up for re-election," says Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow, a member of the Democratic leadership who faced a tough re-election in 2004. "But Harry's very, very committed. He understands the important role he has in history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Care Turns to Harry Reid After Key Vote | 10/14/2009 | See Source »

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