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Stupak expressed a desire to support the 2009 health care reform bill put forth by President Obama,[8] but wanted restrictions on coverage for abortion.[9] Therefore, Stupak and Republican Congressman Joseph R. Pitts submitted an amendment known as the Stupak-Pitts Amendment to prohibit such payments. The Stupak-Pitts Amendment was adopted by the House of Representatives, but a similar anti-abortion provision was defeated in the Senate version of the legislation (known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act).[10] Stupak announced that he and several other Democratic representatives who supported health reform legislation but opposed abortion would not vote for the final version of the legislation unless the Stupak-Pitts Amendment was included.[11] The ensuing controversy made Stupak "perhaps the single most important rank-and-file House member in passing the bill."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Stupak