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WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
Mon Sep 14, 2015, 11:44 AM Sep 2015

TYT: Government Shutdown Over Planned Parenthood?



House Republicans have launched their congressional hearings into Planned Parenthood. There will be a number of groups testifying, but one group is conspicuous in its absence: Planned Parenthood. Ana Kasparian (The Point), and John Iadarola (Think Tank), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

"Congressional Republicans showed no signs on Wednesday of having a clear plan for averting a U.S. government shutdown in three weeks over funding for Planned Parenthood, though senior party leaders have made clear they want to avoid that scenario.

As has happened before, a shutdown on Oct. 1 would likely rattle financial markets. But Republicans had little to say about this in their remarks about the women's health group and conservatives' demands that its federal funding be cut off.

After an hour-long, closed-door meeting of fellow party members, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said there were "no decisions at this point" on the content of a stopgap funding bill for the federal fiscal year beginning Oct. 1.”*

Read more here: http://news.yahoo.com/republicans-slam-planned-parenthood-shutdown-threatens-184946794--business.html
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TYT: Government Shutdown Over Planned Parenthood? (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Sep 2015 OP
Boehner and McConnell said no to shutdown yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #1
 

yeoman6987

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1. Boehner and McConnell said no to shutdown
Mon Sep 14, 2015, 12:07 PM
Sep 2015

So how can Cruz being one vote be able to shutdown the entire government? So dang strange.

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