GOP leaders to give “show” votes to anti-abortion die-hards; PP partial defund plan; budget worries
REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN SCRAMBLE
Republican leaders to give “show” votes to anti-abortion die-hards.
W. Post:
“The House is expected to vote this week on a bill … that would defund Planned Parenthood and another … that would offer legal protection to an infant who survives a failed abortion … But holding those votes appears unlikely to satisfy the most ardent Planned Parenthood opponents, particularly those in the House, who believe the fight is as much about Boehner’s leadership as it is about cutting off federal support for the group.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/wary-of-shutdown-gop-leaders-try-to-refocus-abortion-debate/2015/09/14/feff8bb2-5aef-11e5-b38e-06883aacba64_story.html
One Republican proposes to defund some Planned Parenthood clinics.
NYT:
“…Representative Charlie Dent, a moderate Republican from Pennsylvania, says he has come up with a way to avert a possible government shutdown over Planned Parenthood funding: a bill that would take away money only from clinics involved in selling tissue from aborted fetuses … about seven [clinics] in three states … [The bill] would make it even more difficult for health care workers to change the way they perform abortions to help extract tissues for sale.”
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/09/15/republican-dent-offers-compromise-on-planned-parenthood/?_r=0
Sen. McConnell worried bill to keep government open will increase spending.
The Hill:
“Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), however, is leery about setting up talks that would likely result in higher spending levels and wants the continuing resolution to go into December, which Democrats fear would let the air out of potential talks … Senate Democrats and some GOP appropriators question if he’s really interested in anything other than a yearlong continuing resolution that keeps spending levels within the [sequestration] caps.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/253631-mcconnell-wary-of-murray-ryan-20