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Home Front: Politix
Dems hold govt hostage to Planned Parenthood funding
2017-03-14
[WASHINGTONTIMES] Senate Democrats said Monday that they will block any spending bill that includes money for President Trump’s border wall, even if it leads to a government shutdown, saying it’s up to Republicans to resist touchy issues in the looming spending debate.

In a letter led by Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, top Democrats also said they will insist that bills allow Planned Parenthood
...has received federal funding since 1970, when President Richard Nixon signed into law the Family Planning Services and Population Research Act. It is sometimes described as the gynecololgical wing of the Democratic party.
 to collect taxpayer money.

But though Democrats are in the minority and would have to filibuster to block the bills, they insisted it’s Republicans who will be blamed for a government shutdown.

"If Republicans insist on inserting poison pill riders such as defunding Planned Parenthood, building a border wall, or starting a deportation force, they will be shutting down the government and delivering a severe blow to our economy," the Democrats said in a letter to top Republicans.
Posted by:Fred

#14  Gorb especially when they can get someone else to pay for it.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2017-03-14 15:48  

#13  And they're drawn to it like moths to a flame. Cheaper than condoms!
Posted by: gorb   2017-03-14 14:05  

#12  Yes indeed, RJ. Not difficult at all to decipher the 'target population.' All one has to do is examine the placement of Planned Parenthood Centers.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-03-14 13:17  

#11  Just noticed the image. Sick but brilliant.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-03-14 13:12  

#10  Besoeker, blacks participate in large numbers and tend to be Democrat voters.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-03-14 13:12  

#9  Morons! Don't they understand Planned Parenthood is reducing future Democratic voters?
Posted by Bobby

I'll try and be subtle. Planned Parenthood is basically a culling tool. Hard working brick layers, roofers, framers, landscapers, and seasonal farm workers generally do not participate in such programs.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-03-14 13:07  

#8  Morons! Don't they understand Planned Parenthood is reducing future Democratic voters?
Posted by: Bobby   2017-03-14 12:49  

#7  Allow planned parenthood to have funding for mamagrams only (since that's what they claim they do all the time). Then withhold other funding until it can be straightened out if they are in fact doing an excessive amount of abortions in the black community along the lines of Margrett Sanger's plan and let the Dems defend that.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-03-14 11:47  

#6  Time after time the Trunks cowered whenever a government shutdown happened. Now the tables are turned and the Donks have a backbone.
Posted by: gorb   2017-03-14 11:14  

#5  When the revolution begins in earnest, I would hope the first officials placed up against the wall are those who felt national security was a "touchy issue".
Posted by: Crusader   2017-03-14 10:16  

#4  Darth, that's what the Dems did to pass Obamacare.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2017-03-14 09:23  

#3  Pubs hold the majority. A simple majority can pass a budget. Lock the demoncrats out and continue as normal.
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-03-14 09:16  

#2  Abortion (Infant Genocide) forms the foundation of today's democratic platform.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-03-14 03:41  

#1  Because the media will lie and cheat to say so.

But people don't trust the media any more.

There's always the nuclear option right?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2017-03-14 01:45  

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