Dahlkemper Also a "No" Without Stupak Amendment

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6:04 PM, Mar 8, 2010 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

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Via Jay Cost, Pennsylvania Democrat Kathy Dahlkemper will switch her vote from "yes" to "no" on health care because of the Senate bill's provisions to spend taxpayer money on abortions:

While Mrs. Dahlkemper campaigned as a supporter of health care reform and made an impassioned plea on the House floor in July, citing access as the problem that demanded action from Washington, she’s made it clear since the House acted in November that the key issue for her is abortion.

Her office confirmed that recently when her spokeswoman said that Mrs. Dahlkemper could not support the Senate’s language “period.”