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GOP blocks Rand Paul’s bid to defund Planned Parenthood
« on: August 24, 2018, 01:24:55 am »
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Republican leaders in the Senate stepped in Wednesday to block Sen. Rand Paul’s latest effort to defund Planned Parenthood, an issue popular with the GOP base that some say could help energize voters for the midterm elections.

The Kentucky senator late last week signaled that he would offer an amendment to the appropriations bill funding the departments of Labor and Health and Human Services, the relevant legislative vehicle for the Planned Parenthood funding ban. Supporters said that it would need just a majority to win....

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/gop-blocks-rand-pauls-bid-to-defund-planned-parenthood

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Re: GOP blocks Rand Paul’s bid to defund Planned Parenthood
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2018, 01:29:06 am »
Several of us predicted this outcome on the other thread. 
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Re: GOP blocks Rand Paul’s bid to defund Planned Parenthood
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2018, 02:12:46 am »
Which again illustrates the point, of why it is I will never vote for another Republican ever again.

There is no difference between either the Democrats or the Republicans except in terms of how fast they get us to insolvent totalitarian statism first.
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Re: GOP blocks Rand Paul’s bid to defund Planned Parenthood
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2018, 02:35:48 am »
 **nononono*
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Re: GOP blocks Rand Paul’s bid to defund Planned Parenthood
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Re: GOP blocks Rand Paul’s bid to defund Planned Parenthood
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2018, 02:53:06 am »
Republican leaders in the Senate stepped in Wednesday to continue taxpayer funded abortion.
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Re: GOP blocks Rand Paul’s bid to defund Planned Parenthood
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2018, 03:35:32 am »
WTF? I just gave McTurtle credit for speeding up confirmation of judges, and now he does this. Thank you Kentucky
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Re: GOP blocks Rand Paul’s bid to defund Planned Parenthood
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2018, 04:12:00 am »
Quote from: RetBobbyMI on August 24, 2018, 03:35:32 am
WTF? I just gave McTurtle credit for speeding up confirmation of judges, and now he does this. Thank you Kentucky

McConnell has a machine out here that would rival the Crook County IL machine in terms of crossover corruption with both yellow dog Democrats and Republican party hacks.

Money talks.  Nothing else matters.

And stealing money from the rest of the country to pay off big Farm, Big Bourbon/Horse/Louisville/Old Money liberals and Coal bosses - ensures Team Mitch a permanent place of employment.
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Re: GOP blocks Rand Paul’s bid to defund Planned Parenthood
« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2018, 05:12:35 pm »
Is it possible that the ONE BIG issue that traditionally has separated both parties, (abortion) has now been abandoned by the GOP? The sanctity of life  in the eyes of God, is THE key issue in politics, because it deals directly with LIFE itself, and the rights of the innocent unborn.  The GOP, by not defunding Planned Parenthood has lost its soul. There is now nobody "standing in the gap" for the unborn. A nation that supports the slaughter of the innocent and vulnerable is in grave danger of being judged by God. With all the natural disasters besetting our land, if no Party stands for the unborn, don't be surprised if there isn't more of the same. Beware.
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Re: GOP blocks Rand Paul’s bid to defund Planned Parenthood
« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2018, 05:20:10 pm »
Quote from: INVAR on August 24, 2018, 04:12:00 am
McConnell has a machine out here that would rival the Crook County IL machine in terms of crossover corruption with both yellow dog Democrats and Republican party hacks.

Money talks.  Nothing else matters.

And stealing money from the rest of the country to pay off big Farm, Big Bourbon/Horse/Louisville/Old Money liberals and Coal bosses - ensures Team Mitch a permanent place of employment.

@INVAR

You forgot to mention how completely in bed he is with the Chinese.
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Re: GOP blocks Rand Paul’s bid to defund Planned Parenthood
« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2018, 05:33:50 pm »
Repukes.
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Re: GOP blocks Rand Paul’s bid to defund Planned Parenthood
« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2018, 05:36:49 pm »
Quote from: AbaraXas on August 24, 2018, 01:24:55 am


Who and why was this bill blocked.  Anyway, it increases my respect for Rand Paul that he introduced it.  It is an absolute disgrace and a sin for our government to fund this killing machine.
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Re: GOP blocks Rand Paul’s bid to defund Planned Parenthood
« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2018, 07:14:43 pm »
WTF is wrong with these clown
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Re: GOP blocks Rand Paul’s bid to defund Planned Parenthood
« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2018, 07:27:05 pm »
Quote from: verga on August 24, 2018, 07:14:43 pm
WTF is wrong with these clown

Nothing.  The Republicans are actually big-government Democrats, having deceived their voter base into believing that they are an opposition party when they are not.
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Re: GOP blocks Rand Paul’s bid to defund Planned Parenthood
« Reply #14 on: August 26, 2018, 12:44:52 am »
Quote from: INVAR on August 24, 2018, 04:12:00 am
McConnell has a machine out here that would rival the Crook County IL machine in terms of crossover corruption with both yellow dog Democrats and Republican party hacks.

Money talks.  Nothing else matters.

And stealing money from the rest of the country to pay off big Farm, Big Bourbon/Horse/Louisville/Old Money liberals and Coal bosses - ensures Team Mitch a permanent place of employment.
Makes the call for term limits worthy of the COS.
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Re: GOP blocks Rand Paul’s bid to defund Planned Parenthood
« Reply #15 on: August 26, 2018, 03:52:57 am »
Quote from: RetBobbyMI on August 24, 2018, 03:35:32 am
WTF? I just gave McTurtle credit for speeding up confirmation of judges, and now he does this. Thank you Kentucky
Thank you for MI.
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Re: GOP blocks Rand Paul’s bid to defund Planned Parenthood
« Reply #16 on: August 26, 2018, 04:10:22 am »
Repeating, the article really belongs in the life news section.

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Rand Paul scorches GOP leaders for blocking amendment to defund Planned Parenthood
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“My amendment would end funding to Planned Parenthood. My amendment is already included in the House version,” Paul said in a video he later posted to his Twitter account. “And yet, my amendment is now being blocked by Republicans.”

Paul went on to suggest that the reason for the current situation is that Republican leadership cares more about passing a bloated spending bill than about standing up and fighting for the pro-life issues they like to “pay lip service to.”

As my colleague Chris Pandolfo reported earlier, establishment Republicans are worried that holding a vote on the amendment would derail the massive “minibus” appropriations bill currently before the Senate. That basically means that hundreds of millions of dollars going to an organization that kills over 300,000 unborn children every year is simply the price that many elected Republicans are willing to pay to avoid a government shutdown.

Read more at: https://www.conservativereview.com/news/rand-paul-scorches-gop-leaders-for-blocking-amendment-to-defund-planned-parenthood/
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Re: GOP blocks Rand Paul’s bid to defund Planned Parenthood
« Reply #17 on: August 26, 2018, 04:17:45 am »
quote author=Hoodat link=topic=329201.msg1775513#msg1775513 date=1535079186]
Republican leaders in the Senate stepped in Wednesday to continue taxpayer funded abortion.
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publish the list of who they are.  Every American deserves to know.

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Re: GOP blocks Rand Paul’s bid to defund Planned Parenthood
« Reply #18 on: August 26, 2018, 04:25:47 am »
Quote from: Chosen Daughter on August 26, 2018, 04:17:45 am
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Republican leaders in the Senate stepped in Wednesday to continue taxpayer funded abortion.


publish the list of who they are.  Every American deserves to know.

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https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/republican-senators-voted-defunding-planned-parenthood/

Here, the article goes on to talk about some procedural snafu which I didn't really understand very well.
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Re: GOP blocks Rand Paul’s bid to defund Planned Parenthood
« Reply #19 on: August 26, 2018, 04:27:18 am »
I see none of these Senators: Rubio, Lee, Paul, Senator Tom Cotton, Ben Sasse. So that means they all voted to defund I guess, if I am reading it correctly and if the article is complete. Again:

https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/republican-senators-voted-defunding-planned-parenthood/

Is the article saying Cruz, Corker were just plain non-votes, they didn't vote for defunding but they didn't vote against defunding. That article seems a bit complex on detail.

Some of those Republicans who declined to vote at all, however, will likely surprise you.

Okay, so they dodged the vote apparently.
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