House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) undermined Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) in his fight over a human trafficking bill by backing similar restrictions of taxpayer funding for abortion on legislation pertaining to Medicaid reimbursements for doctors.

Pelosi backed an agreement stipulating that the money can’t be used for abortions, which Reid’s team criticized. “Senator Reid sees this codification of the Hyde amendment as part of a systematic effort by Republicans to expand its scope,” spokesman Adam Jentleson said, per the Associated Press.

Pelosi’s team said that the deal maintains current policy, but tried to distinguish her position from the GOP position with respect to the human trafficking bill. Republicans insist that legislation creating a fund for victims of human trafficking must contain Hyde Amendment language banning the use of those funds for abortion, except in the case of rape, incest, or for the life of the mother.

“In contrast to the effort by Republicans on the Senate trafficking bill, this is not a codification of Hyde because the language expires when the funds do,” her spokesman, Drew Hammill, said.

Unfortunately for Democrats, that’s not a contrast at all. “In the original bill, Hyde expires when the funds do (5 fiscal years),” an aide to Senator John Cornyn (R., Texas), who introduced the bill, tells National Review. “In the compromise he offered yesterday, the funds would still be authorized for 5 fiscal years but because they would now be expended through the relevant appropriations bills the Hyde limitations would be subject to yearly authorizations. Neither were ever permanent authorizations of Hyde.”