Posted on 08/10/2015 9:31:59 AM PDT by conservativejoy
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell strongly implied yesterday that he wouldn't push to defund Planned Parenthood in the September appropriations negotiations. McConnell seemed to express fears that such a fight could backfire on public perception of Republicans, particularly if it led to the threat of a government shutdown:
"We've been down this path before," McConnell said. "This is a tactic that has been tried going back to the '90s and it always has the same ending — that the focus is on the government shutdown and not on the underlying issue that is being protested.
We are not doing government shutdowns and we are not threatening to default on the national debt."
The Majority Leader said, however, that the investigations into Planned Parenthood, led in the Senate by Chuck Grassley (R-IA), will press forward as planned.
"We intend to continue to pursue the facts, and we'll look for other opportunities to make our voices heard on Planned Parenthood."
McConnell's delaying of a fight over Planned Parenthood funding will likely rankle the more conservative members of the Senate who recently led the unsuccessful charge to defund Planned Parenthood. Many pro-life congressmen and activists are concerned that if GOP leaders don't push for defunding soon, they could squander the most valuable moment in the history of the pro-life movement. Now is the moment when unprecedented public scrutiny is descending upon Planned Parenthood, owing to the horrifically revealing videos released by the Center for Medical Progress (CMP). That scrutiny has produced a wave of public pressure on politicians to defund the abortion provider -- but as with any wave of pressure, it will only last for a limited time.
CMP has spread out the releasing of its videos, and that strategy has kept the issue in the public eye. There may be upward of 10 videos to come. If CMP can sustain the public attention brought upon Planned Parenthood, it will only buy time for congressional action to take place. If congressional investigations also find specific evidence of illegal activity at Planned Parenthood, that would propel the issue further into the news and motivate punitive action against Planned Parenthood.
Senate leaders know how to fight, and they have a knack for making swift action look a lot more difficult than it actually is (see the Senate's action in renewing the Ex-Im Bank). One question ultimately hangs over the Senate and its leaders: Do they care enough about stopping the horrors of Planned Parenthood to actually put up a fight?
Time will tell. Calling your senator can only help.
Alison Grimes was the lesser evil.......
Applying the title “Leader” to this wimp is the height of stupidity. McConnell is a walking advertisement for invertebrates.
What they refuse to do, as to doing what is right, God will cause a in another area to lose funds.
Their sacred golden cow is coming down.
Their wicked scheming plans will be exposed by the hand of God for all the world to see.
McConnell and Bohener will be begging for Congress to impeach them.
Ditch loves to play kick-the-can down the road over the horizon. How useless.
Ladies and Gentlemen... observe the Yellow-Bellied RINO Weasel Turtle in his native habitat.
The running theme of the Republocrat party. Not what's good for America or the lives of tens of millions of unborn babies, but political maneuvering for perceived political advantage. That's why I hate the Republican Party except for the Tea Party and the Constitution and freedom-loving parts of it.
At all you mean.
In 2016, we must remove the RINO Senators who support McConnell.
We must defeat Kelly Ayotte, Richard Burr, Rob Portman and Johnny Isakson.
Better a Democrat opponent in front, than a RINO traitor behind.
you are SOOOOOOO right about that.
We need to selectively fire some RINOS.
Even if that means holding your nose and plunking for the Democrat. We need the Eric Cantor thing to happen 8 or 9 more times to get their attention.
Coward.
McConnell is a liar and a coward. Both attributes seem to be resume enhancers for politicians.
No . . . not yet. When, then?
BEEP!
Let us keep killing a few more babies to save the Republican Party.
SIGNED,
MITCH McCONNELL
May the Lord God deal with Mitch McConnell, ever so severely. When, O Lord, is this nation going to be punished for putting evil men like this in power? How long will the righteous be murdered before they can draw a breath?
With GOP “leaders” like McConnell, it is not hard to figure out why somebody like Trump is attracting people.
lol Or ever.
Good grief.
I so pray you right.
Is that not the truth?! This man is as bad a Reid who is evil personified.
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