Timothy McNulty | November 4, 2009
The way health care reform handles federal funding for abortion services will affect how Erie's Kathy Dahlkemper votes, the freshman Democrat tells Politico:
The abortion issue, which has simmered near the surface since the House
bill was first unveiled, is one of the last that concerns a significant
bloc of Democratic voters.
Rep. Kathleen Dahlkemper, a politically vulnerable freshman from Erie,
Pa., said it is the "one major issue" standing in the way of her vote
for the bill.
Her participation in a rolling-out ceremony for the bill on the west
front of the Capitol last week serves as a strong indication of where
she will be on the final roll call. The National Republican
Congressional Committee already has used an image of her standing
behind Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) at that event as fodder for an
argument that she is too supportive of the Democratic agenda.
Posted
Nov 04 2009, 03:12 PM
by
Timothy McNulty