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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We don’t care if its futile. Show us you have some principals you worm!!!
Electing Mitch McConnell again expecting him to be conservative in anything was an exercise in futility
Alison Grimes was the lesser evil
That’s the spirit. /s
Mitch McConnell makes excuses.
Republican senators keep on explaining why they need to surrender to Obama.
After all, stopping him isn’t what they came to Washington to do.
He’s part of the problem, not part of the solution.
The Supreme Eunoch of the Surrender Caucus
And people still wonder why Trump is popular.
Yep, so let’s not even try. /s
Then just vote “NO”. Simple, huh?
When we only had the House, it was the same excuse:
“We can’t do that yet —we need the Senate...!”
And we gave them the whole Legislative Branch, yet they did nothing.
Stalin said it best:
“Show me the MAN, and I’ll show you the problem...”
He’s right insofar as sending bills up for Obama to veto, just for show, is a waste—though it is what the GOPe pundits are now saying should be done.
But he’s wrong about needing to wait for a GOP president—Congress holds the power of the purse and Obama shouldn’t have funding for anything the GOP doesn’t want to give him.
Period.
OK. Why not pass the bill and expose those who are OK with what PP is doing? Shine the light on day on these slugs.
with the correct leadership exposing what is going on and enough flack from the public I believe even dems and Obama might defund PP.
This has got to be the easiest gimme in all of legislative history. Proving the GOP leadership is absolutely worthless.
Make the Dems go on record. Make Obama veto it.
Why is the government forced to give taxpayer money to a private organization?
Good OLD Mitch. Still wondering around looking for a “battle” to “pick and choose” from. Yo Mitchy! You Republicans are being overrun by the Democrats! You don’t have the luxury of that goofy, cowardly “pick and choose” thingy. Fight them where you find them, idiot! It’s the American thing to do.
no fire in the belly
Who say’s you have to defund it? How about just not funding it? That requires no vote, not a yes vote.
But I bet if you had armies of pro-lifers protesting out in front of PP complete with graphic images and messages during the shutdown would turn the tables on the Democrats.
Surely you don’t believe the Party gives a rip about you anti-abortionists after election day do you?
Pray America is waking
If they believed in a Just God they would move heaven and earth to stop the butchery of children.
“...We can’t do that yet —we need the Senate...!”
And we gave them the whole Legislative Branch...
“Just give us the majority and we will stop Obama at every opportunity.” Lies from the lying liar GOPe.
They are finished fooling the people.
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