I don't believe you should have to pay for someone else's religion, but that's not the subject at hand.

This is about the choice regarding abortion. The US House hasn't said "No abortions", they said "we don't want to pay for it." Very different things. If the pro-choice people still have choice, and the pro-life people don't have to pay for someone else's choice that they cannot abide, is that not a middle-ground that can be started from?

I still expect vigorous debates on the issue, of course. But everyone has a little bit of what they wanted.