Senate blocks Lee's vote to defund Planned Parenthood

thehill.com ^ | July 26, 2015 | Sarah Ferris

[PROCON]

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) was rebuked by his Senate colleagues on Sunday as he tried to force a vote on defunding Planned Parenthood.

Lee had tried to attach an amendment eliminating all federal funds for Planned Parenthood to the vote on Congress’s must-pass highway legislation.

The amendment was rejected by the chair of the Senate, who called it out of order because it was not germane to the highway bill.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) decided last week that he would only allow two amendments to the bill – a repeal of ObamaCare and a reauthorization of the Export-Import bank – while blocking all others in a procedure known as “filling the tree.”

[PROCON]

This is outrageous!

I have nothing else to say.

[virgil]

It looks like republicans are deliberately throwing away their majority in the Senate.

[DoughtyOne]

MC CONNELL AGAIN!

[Steely Tom]

Nothing must come between the Senators and their kickbacks. Oops, I mean their sources of campaign funds.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Boy, it's a good thing we elected Republicans again in 2014! They are doing a fantastic job!

Effing bastards

[grobdriver]

he would only allow two amendments to the bill – a repeal of ObamaCare and a reauthorization of the Export-Import bank

Oh - and those items are germane to the bill...

[samtheman]

It looks like republicans are deliberately throwing away their majority in the Senate.

Invertebrates run the party.

[Chgogal]

McConnell wtf is the difference between you and Ried?

[aposiopetic]

Inveterate invertebrates, at that.

[Fungi]

Is the amendment to pull passports for anyone owing more than 50,000 in taxes germaine to the bill McDumbo? You ‘ffing bastard! Get some testicles, be a man and do the right thing! Sorry, I forgot, you're a turtle. FU.

[RginTN]

Did harry reid really lose senate majority? There isn’t much difference between reid & mcconnell.

[KarlInOhio]

The amendment was rejected by the chair of the Senate, who called it out of order because it was not germane to the highway bill.

But the export-import slush fund is germane, right?

Why even bother to vote for the Republicans. They will fight, but only against conservatives.

[Fido969]

[Mr. Blond]

I thought we hated sneaky bill riders. It should be put forward as its own bill.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Damn them all the hell. Every damned one of ‘em.

[montag813]

The amendment was rejected by the chair of the Senate, who called it out of order because it was not germane to the highway bill.

But McConnell's ObamaCare repeal amendment WAS???

[2banana]

But the import export bank was OK to attach to the transportation bill.

I hate the republicans leadership in the senate

[samtheman]

Gee, I wonder why Trump is surging in the polls. Whatever could be the cause? I just can’t figure it out.

[Da Coyote]

What is the difference between the senate and a fresh, hot, steaming smelly pile of sh*t?

Really?

[Cobra64]

What does planned parenthood have to do with highways?

These jerks are always attaching something to something else that have nothing to do with each other. Each bill should be its own animal.