“Congressional Republican leaders returned to Washington this week with no clear plan for extending government funding later this month that risks shutting down federal agencies amid a growing outcry from conservatives ready for a fight over funding Planned Parenthood,” the Washington Post reports.
“Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said that there was ‘widespread support’ among House Republicans to approve a stopgap bill well into the fall to allow for more time to negotiate final budget numbers with President Obama. But, he acknowledged, GOP leaders have not decided how to handle the large demand for language in the funding plan that would strip Planned Parenthood of the small amount of federal funds it receives each year.”
“The speaker’s closest ally, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), has already signaled that there is no chance of getting a funding bill through with limitations on the female-health-service provider because Senate Democrats have enough votes to filibuster such a bill and Republicans have nowhere near enough votes to reach a two-thirds majority to override a likely veto from Obama.”
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