(CNSNews.com) - The Obama White House on Monday backed away from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s support for increased federal funding of contraception in the $825-billion stimulus bill now under consideration by Congress.
That was not President Obama’s idea, a White House spokesman told CNSNews.com.
“The principles of what he thought should be in the package--that wasn’t part of that,” White House Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton told CNSNews.com. “They’re working on what the final bill should look like.”
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How fast do you think they can pedal backward?
ReplyDeleteOK, it's not his idea - does that mean he is going to insist it be removed?? Or is he just saying it to placate some people? I guess we'll have to wait and see.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is that the President is saying nothing at all, and that he will have to look into it with a host of advisers before giving it his thumbs-up or thumbs-down. But the White House statement was of course an embarrassing thing for Pelosi, and I'm all for that!
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