Posted on 09/12/2015 3:12:11 PM PDT by Morgana
Linking the defunding of Planned Parenthood to a government funding bill is "an exercise in futility," according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
The Kentucky Republican lawmaker, in an interview with Politico Friday, says he'll support instead a plan to fund the government into December with no conditions.
"It's an exercise in futility," McConnell says of the Planned Parenthood defunding effort. "I'm anxious to defund Planned Parenthood" but "the honest answer of that is that's not going to happen until you have a president who has a similar view."
"It's better to be honest with the American people and say, 'That won't get it done.'"
According to Politico, McConnell favors a strategy that will include 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.
GOP lawmakers have called for the defunding of Planned Parenthood in the wake of hidden-camera videos showing officials brokering the distribution of fetal tissue to medical research.
But McConnell said either a Democratic minority would block the effort, or President Barack Obama would veto a bill even if it passed the Senate.
"Groups who deeply are concerned about the issue realize this [Planned Parenthood strategy] isn't going to get that done," McConnell said.
"What we are going to do is move to the pain-capable [abortion] bill sometime this month and see how people feel about that," he said referring to a 20-week abortion ban proposal.
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And now a word from the “we can’t” party. Enough! Stuff it Mitch and Boner.
The most obvious reason why they don’t have those votes is their backers/handlers/lobbyists don’t want want them to.
McTurtle is protecting progressive GOPers who don’t want to take a real tough vote on PP.
Bump.
But Norm, you need to give Romney voters a break -- they didn't vote for Romney, a lot of them told me so, personally. They didn't vote for Romney, no way. They voted against Obama.
They never voted for Boehner and McConnell! What on earth are you saying???
They voted against the Democrat opponent!
Get your facts straight. *ducking*
Well said.
Let your heart not be troubled good Finny. With all the recent Mitt articles in the media, the voters against Obama will have another chance to vote against someone, say Ted Cruz, in about a year when Mitt replaces Jeb on the Ballot..
I have finally accepted the reality of my tagline. You are so right that folks have little reason to complain -- they voted for these people, they voted for McConnell and McCain and the rest of them. Except they weren't really voting for those moderate lefty Republicans, they were voting against the Democrat opponent.
And now they complain because the fairy tale of voting "against" turned out to be just that.
Excellent point!!
Time for Mitch to resign. If you cannot stand for life, for what will you stand?
Translation: Doing the right thing can be tough and not only do we not want to have to be tough, we really don’t even want to do the right thing>>>>
It may be too that KY people are flooding McC’s office demanding that PP be totally funded. Even he is not pedaling that line.
McC can’t resign: the people of KY won’t let him.
Sure would love to see a celebrity death match and watch nancy pelosi just beat Mitch to a bloody pulp.
These EVIL people need to be DEFEATED!!
It is NOT a waste for him to send up bills that Obama will Veto!! THAT IS HIS JOB!! THAT’S WHY HE WAS ELECTED!! To at LEAST TRY!!
“It may be too that KY people are flooding McC’s office demanding that PP be totally funded. Even he is not pedaling that line”
NOT TRUE! Remember the Protest Planned Parenthood rally? There was one in Louisville because there is a PP clinic there! They had a major protest at that clinic held by Created Equal.
Its neither cowardice nor stupidity. Just duplicity.
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