From a Democratic senator, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, who wants to recreate what happened when the House of Representatives added the anti-abortion Stupak amendment to its health insurance reform bill:

"It's as identical to Stupak as it can be," Nelson told reporters on Tuesday.

As I wrote in The Stranger last month:

If anyone tries to use the upcoming U.S. Senate debate over health-insurance reform as a way to limit federal funding for abortions—as happened in the House of Representatives earlier this month—Washington State's two senators will be ready to push back hard.

Read more about their promises HERE.