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Pelosi Tries to Quell Concerns Over Abortion in Health Bill

By Jennifer Bendery
Roll Call Staff
July 22, 2009, 5:04 p.m.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday met privately with anti-abortion Democrats to try to stem growing concerns that abortion services could end up being part of a government-subsidized health care plan.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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