Posted on 09/17/2015 7:13:32 PM PDT by Kaslin
On September 30, the government runs out of money, and a sizable portion of House Republicans have already made their intentions known about one thing on any future spending bills: they will not vote to fund Planned Parenthood (via Politico):
Government funding runs out Sept. 30, and dozens of conservative House Republicans want to use the upcoming legislative debate to cut off federal funding for the women’s health group.
But in two separate meetings — first, in a Senate GOP lunch Wednesday afternoon, and later during a closed House Republican meeting Wednesday evening — lawmakers discussed using the fast-track budget reconciliation process instead. That could help avoid a government shutdown, which looms at the end of the month.
Gov. Bobby Jindal voiced his anger about the recent string of videos that allegedly show the non-profit engaging in human trafficking of body parts from aborted babies during last night’s Republican debate. Granted, it was the undercard debate:
If we can’t defund Planned Parenthood now, if we can’t stand for innocent human life after these barbaric videos, it is time to be done with the Republican Party,” If we can’t defund Planned Parenthood now, if we can’t stand for innocent human life after these barbaric videos, it is time to be done with the Republican Party.”Yet, concerning public opinion, a CNN/ORC poll found that 71 percent supported Congress passing a bill to keep the government running.
Also, National Right To Life’s President Carol Tobias said that a shutdown over Planned Parenthood isn’t going to do much regarding their agenda. For starters, Ms. Tobias lists the main reason for why a shutdown over funding would be a fool’s errand: Obama is in the White House; he has veto power; and he has the votes to sustain it.
Quite frankly, I think Planned Parenthood is a vile organization, and I resent the fact that they get any tax money,” Ms. Tobias said. “But realistically, with President Obama in the White House holding that veto pen, I don’t know that any government shutdown could accomplish what we want. What we have to do is get a new pro-life president in, and we’d have a much better chance of actually taking away their money.”
Ms. Tobias said she preferred the approach of stand-alone measures, like those the House is set to consider this week, denying funding only for Planned Parenthood affiliates that perform abortions. She said the reality of the situation was that President Obama “would be willing to shut down the government, take money away from the military, take money away from the national parks, put all of the federal employees on leave — he would do anything and everything to keep that money flowing to Planned Parenthood.”
The talk about repealing Obamacare and defunding Planned Parenthood is limited because of that reality. In principle, of course, conservatives should support such policies that seek to replace Obamacare with something more efficient, more market-based, and does more to reduce costs; the latter of which constituted the core of the debate. Remember the whole Obamacare will save trillions over the next ten years talking point?
As long as Obama is in the White House, he won’t sign appropriation bills that defund Planned Parenthood–and he certainly won’t gut his signature domestic achievement. The best way to accomplish both of those policy goals is to elect a Republican in 2016.
“We can’t just defund PP. The President won’t allow it.”
Sounds a lot like
“We can’t just deport 11 million illegal aliens.”
Yes we can on both. As faar as PP goes, no compromise, no quarter given. You vote to defund and nothing happens until the funds are withdrawn from PP.
On the illegals, you start with deporting the first one that you find(here’s a hint; look at the local jail), then the next and so on...
The best way to accomplish both of those policy goals is to elect a Republican in 2016.
Horse Sense!
elect a Conservative!
Apparently National Right To Life has the same problem as the GOP, gutless leaders.
What we need is a Sampson, ready to pull the whole temple down if that is the price we must pay to stop killing humans for convenience and profit.
The GOP E has co opted NRL, as well as the NRA. Neither organization is what they used to be.
Has Barack Obama ever provided the BUDGET that he is REQUIRED to come up with ?
The NRL has been an arm of the GOP since Dole ran for the presidency.
They endorsed him when he had voted continuously to fund Planned Parenthood and he also endorsed and voted for FACE, the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.
The Ohio Right to Life is the same.
You’ll love this one.
NRTL is a failed organization. Their strategies today amount to little more than immoral, unconstitutional surrender.
The U.S. House of Representatives possesses the purse strings of this government. Not that you would know it from this generation of Republicans.
If “National Right to Life When It Is Convenient And Won’t Make My Good Friends Across The Aisle Unhappy” is unwilling to fight for what they are supposed to be for, why support them? Here’s an idea: DO NOT GIVE MONEY TO ANYBODY UNLESS AND UNTIL THEY ARE WILLING TO GIVE ALL THEY HAVE - LIFE, HEALTH, WEALTH - FOR WHAT THEY CLAIM TO BE.
If you start it (opposition party), they will come.
Yes, we can never win by being aggressive. Let’s give up. Pussies.
Ever wonder why after 40 plus years of political actions and trying to curry favor with the political class that infanticide is Just as legal as it was on that dark day in 1973? I sure have. And here is your answer:
ProLife, Inc.
True — because Boner and Ditch won’t allow it.
There is no other organization that can lay claim to giving the final, successful, push to pass ObamaCare as can National Right to Life.
Without their successful blackmailing of Republican House members to force them to vote for it, ObamaCare would be but a distant memory, instead of the nightmare it is.
What would have happened if Geroge Washington didn’t try to take on the British Army because it was “too powerful”?
Which Congressional Republicans voted for Ebola-care?
“with President Obama in the White House holding that veto pen, I don’t know that any government shutdown could accomplish what we want.”
It would do exactly what we want.
Put the Obama in the position of shutting government down absent funding a murderous organization selling human body parts without consent of the deceased or guardians. It’s HIS decision to shut down.
Any government insisting on funding this atrocity DESERVES shutdown.
National right to life is one reason abortion is still legal.
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