Who caved?

The wording of the bill changed. Funds are still forbidden to provide abortions, it is just that the initial pool of funds had 2 parts to it, and they split them. But neither one can be used for this purpose, still. At least, that is what I get out of it.

Minority Leader Harry Reid said that Republicans had "agreed not to expand the scope of the Hyde language," the abortion provision that had been the sticking point for Senate Democrats who had been filibustering the bill.
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The deal is essentially a cosmetic fix that lets both parties claim a win. It allows Republicans to say they've won their battle against funding abortions with government money, and Democrats to say they've avoided expanding the Hyde Amendment.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/20/politics/loretta-lynch-attorney-general-vote-senate/

The reporter says she "did not want to get into the weeds" and that it "tweaked" the language. From the second paragraph quoted, it depends on what "government money" means. The entire problem Democrats had was that the Hyde amendment was being extended to non taxpayer money.

Cosmetic is too nice a term.

It's a Dem cave-in.

it smells like a Vichy Dem betrayal.

I have no love for the parties who seem hell bent on total destruction of America.

.. of the tin foil hat people here who complain about sell outs 24/7 but planed parenthood just endorsed the agreement.

http://plannedparenthoodaction.org/elections-politics/newsroom/press-releases/planned-parenthood-action-fund-statement-proposed-agreement-senate-human-trafficking-measure/


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/21/1379199/-Senate-has-deal-on-sex-trafficking-bill-to-get-to-Loretta-Lynch-nomination#20150421084727