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Natural Resources Chairman Nick Rahall (D-W.V.), one of Rep. Bart Stupak’s (D-Mich.) gang of staunch opponents of the Senate abortion language, said they are in discussions with Senators and House leaders to secure such a commitment.

“There could be some kind of commitment from the other body to act on this later… to ensure that the Senate language does not remain law,” he said.

Rahall said that securing such an agreement could open up six-to-10 members, including himself, to voting for the Senate bill and reconciliation language…

Rahall said the remaining opponents were at this point looking for “some type of language we can rely on in the Senate” and a “promise [from the Senate] to act in the future.”