Wicker, Manchin vow support for Hyde Amendment, calling it a 'decades-long' compromise
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Senators crossed the aisle in a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and ranking member Richard Shelby, R-Ala., expressing “support for the Hyde Amendment.”
Wicker and Manchin noted the amendment "has been included in annual appropriations bills on a bipartisan basis since 1976" and has been a "decades-long, consensus-building compromise" before calling for its inclusion in the budget. The Hyde Amendment is a long-standing Medicaid amendment that prohibits federal taxpayer dollars from going toward elective abortions except in cases of rape, incest or the mother’s life being in danger.
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