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Some Dems Vow To Block Final Health Bill If Anti-Abortion Amendment Stays

Some Dems Vow To Block Final Health Bill If Anti-Abortion Amendment Stays
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In a move that will intensify the coming war over how to treat abortion in the health care bill, more than three dozen House Dems have signed a letter to Nancy Pelosi firmly pledging to vote against the bill if it contains an anti-abortion amendment.

A source sends over a working copy of the letter without the signatories, and a source says it currently bears the signatures of 41 House Dems. They're all vowing to vote No on a bill if it contains the Stupak amendment -- enough to sink the bill:

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