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Republicans lack votes to defund Planned Parenthood: McConnell
I am a pro-life Democrat and am not happy about what I saw on the PP videos that were released, so I am conflicted about this. This is a hot issue all the way around.
FYI. FYD. Try to be civil to each other.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell undercut threats by fellow Republicans to hold the budget process hostage in an effort to defund Planned Parenthood, saying conservatives do not have enough support in Congress to cut off the group now under fire from abortion opponents.
Instead, the Senate's top Republican said he is focused on funding the federal government when U.S. lawmakers return next week and will work with President Barack Obama to avert a shutdown, which last paralyzed the government in 2013.
On the possibility of tying measures that kill funding of the women's health group to federal spending bills, McConnell told Kentucky station WYMT: "We just don’t have the votes to get the outcome that we'd like."
"The president has made it very clear he's not going to sign any bill that includes defunding of Planned Parenthood, so that’s another issue that awaits a new president hopefully with a different point of view about Planned Parenthood."
I am a pro-life Democrat and am not happy about what I saw on the PP videos that were released, so I am conflicted about this. This is a hot issue all the way around.
FYI. FYD. Try to be civil to each other.