Rand Paul defies McConnell to defund Planned Parenthood

Washington Examiner ^ | 7/25/15 | Barbara Boland

[markomalley]

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., announced late Friday that he will "use every Senate rule" to force his Senate colleagues on the record after fellow Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., blocked his amendment to defund Planned Parenthood.

If Paul gets enough senators to sign his petition, he can go around McConnell and force a vote.

"I'm prepared to use every Senate rule at my disposal to force my colleagues on record whether they like it or not," Paul wrote Friday night. "Under Senate rules, if enough Senators are willing to stand with me and sign a petition demanding a vote, there will be no stopping you and me."

"The more I learn about Planned Parenthood's racket, aborting unborn children and then selling off their organs, the more my head spins," he wrote. "I'm not about to let Planned Parenthood off the hook. And I'm not about to let politicians and our media sweep this scandal under the rug."

[Humal]

That works. Thanks!

[bmwcyle]

I see to much of bashing of Rand at this site. He is a good man.

[entropy12]

They can not stop funding PP without majority in Senate, and majority in House going along with them. And if a law already exists to fund PP, they must get Barack to sign the defund bill, which is impossible Best they can do is 1 day filibuster.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Yes so true. Until we get a veto proof Senate or a Majority Leader with a spine things will go the Dems way.

I don’t mind Donald Trump playing a little politics with this stuff if it gets him elected. IMO some of the stuff he’s doing is because he’s looking past the GOP primary and to winning the general election. If you can’t get yourself elected you can’t fix anything.

MCStain and Mittens couldn’t close the deal. So we got 8 years of a destructive force in the Whitehouse.

I want to win this time.