If Barbara Boxer is still on board with the HCR bill, then so am I [View All]

I said a while back that I would be looking to certain people I trust in regards to whether to move forward and support it or not. I do support it as far as I understand it and when I look around, true progressives in Congress are still on board.

So either someone like Boxer is fooled (ha! not likely) or beholden (ha! again, look at the record).

I'm still in. In fact, she was the one working with Nelson to get him on board. If nothing else tells you where Boxer thinks the best chance at reform is right now
then I'm not sure where you should look.

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Abortion remains at the heart of Nelson’s resistance to supporting the bill. Also in the negotiations was liberal Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), a leading abortion rights supporter in the Senate. She expressed confidence that the Senate could craft language to create a “firewall” that would segregate government funds away from any private funds used to pay for an abortion.

“We spent all day trying to address the issue of a firewall, we've made progress and I'll talk to you about it more tomorrow, for sure," Boxer said. “I'm optimistic that we can get 60 votes, yes.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30798.html