Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) on Wednesday said he would not attend Thursday's bipartisan health care summit, despite House Minority Leader John Boehner's (R-Ohio) request to the White House that the antiabortion-rights lawmaker be included in the meeting, Roll Call reports (Dennis/Kucinich, Roll Call, 2/24). In a letter to President Obama, Boehner said he "respectfully ask that you invite" Stupak, who authored an amendment to the House health reform bill (HR 3962) that would bar health plans that receive federal subsidies from offering abortion coverage...
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