Posted on 09/11/2015 10:31:55 AM PDT by GIdget2004
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday he will back a plan to fund the government into December with no conditions, rejecting in his strongest terms yet calls from within his party to defund Planned Parenthood as part of a larger budget bill.
Its an exercise in futility," the Kentucky Republican told POLITICO in an interview. "Im anxious to defund Planned Parenthood" but "the honest answer of that is thats not going to happen until you have a president who has a similar view."
"Its better to be honest with the American people and say, That wont get it done, he added.
The Senate leader's bow to political reality further sets up an end-of-month clash with congressional conservatives that could potentially shutter the government over Planned Parenthood funding. Instead, he plans to pursue a two-pronged strategy: A short-term funding bill to buy time to negotiate a longer-term spending measure, and separately, a vote this month to federally ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
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The next three weeks are going to be VERY exciting - but not in the way we’d love to see...
Hey Pal, you have joined with the Executive to promote an agenda regardless of its cost - including violating the Advice and Consent clause of the Constitution.
The charade of the Corker Bill does not conceal your criminality.
IDIOT!
MAKE Obama state that he wants to fund selling baby parts!
Kentucky’s prize gelding doesn’t even make it to the finish line.
Futile : Mid 16th century: from Latin futilis ‘leaky’ adjective: fyoÍodÄ«l Incapable of producing any useful result; pointless: See Mitch McConnell
Time to break out the tar and feathers for McConnell and Boehner.
Is that SOB out of his mind. Forget it we need no Congress it is an exercise in futility. If I said what I think of him I would be burned at the stake by the establishment. O, please all freedom loving Americans we must take action. For the time being, our only hope is the Tea Party.
yeah but you can tie up congress fighting for it AND waste as much time as possible AND keep more work from getting done until Obama caves
At least you will keep Congress from doing more damage.
The problem is not getting stuff done in Congress, its how in the heck to get them to STOP.
what a spineless sack of _hit.
There are not enough denigrating swear words to hurl at this worthless piece of sh-t!
We have NO allies in Washington, the seat of the central socialist Obama government.
Instead of little Bobby Jindal attacking Donald Trump in a very big way he needs to direct his vitriol towards Prune Face and Boner. Until he does I find him insignificant.
McConnell is an exercise in futility.
“Now they say, we need the White House.
That’s not what I hear with their putting McCain then Romney give it over in the debates and now jeb.
They do not want the White House.
And they do not want anyone in the White House doing anything in favor of Conservatives.
It’s over, though.
On 9/11 we have headlines such as, Let’s let in thousands of Syrians (who BTW left their women and children to the enemy), Let’s give Iran the bomb, and 150 billion taxpayer money
No they are out
Imagine Harry Reid as Senate majority leader backing down on every issue before he even tried to push a bill through the senate.
/s
I second that!
Ahem....
I FREAKING TOLD YOU PEOPLE...
You’re welcome.
As you were.
It is getting creepy how they are acting, like they know there won’t be another election or something and they are sucking up.
True. Need 61 votes. Don’t have them.
None of this lazyman 60 vote polling by whips.
Why Isn’t there a revolt to get this pig thrown off??
Everything that’s wrong about current GOP leadership in one sentence.
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