Republican Congress Increases Chance Of Government Shutdown
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Republicans want to die (and have the rest of the government die) on the Planned Parenthood hill.
A measure that blocks funding for Planned Parenthood would almost certainly lack the votes to pass the Senate, and would be vetoed by President Obama. But Republicans in the House don’t have enough GOP votes to approve a funding measure that continues funding for Planned Parenthood, and don’t want to negotiate with Democrats.
Conservatives headed to their districts on Friday expressing certainty that they would force GOP leaders to include a hold on Planned Parenthood funding.
And as in past funding fights, they insisted it would be the Democrats and President Obama who would be blamed for a shutdown.
“Will the president shut down and defund the troops in order to fund Planned Parenthood?” said Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.). “I don’t think he’s that politically stupid, but we shall see.”
So, they’re willing, once again to shut down the government and blame it on Democrats. No one bought that last time, either.
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