[theoilpainter]

Sorry for my ignorance here ( I’ve been really busy at work), but are you saying the current bill fully funds the gov’t and takes PP money and gives it to other clinics that actually do some good? What’s wrong with that? Does it need 60 votes in the Senate to pass? If not, why not just pass the bill and let BHO veto it?

[ctdonath2]

They won’t “just pass the bill and let BHO veto it” because BHO will point fingers and accuse the Right of “shutting down the government” until they cave out of confused embarrassment.
We need a Speaker who will stand up and say “no, YOU are shutting it down - we gave you everything but this single small item, and YOU are throwing a hissy fit over not getting something disgusting & repulsive!”

[IYAS9YAS]

What is the bar to the House passing a budget, with everything except funding for PP? Does the budget need 60 votes in the Senate? If not, you can pass a budget and avoid a shutdown (a bad idea, as a shutdown is just what the Dems want) and cut PP out in the process.

Don't know. I got that information from NM Congressman Steve Pearce.

[tanknetter]

The simple reason is fear.

Democrats have, thanks to the MSM and activist groups operating widely throughout social media, the ability to control the narrative.

It doesn’t matter that it would be Obama shutting down the government. Apart from a few voices crying out in the wilderness (ie us), the drumbeat would be that it’s all the Republicans’ fault. And given the ability of the Left to dominate and control the narrative, chances are decent it would work.

Of course there’s also a decent chance that if the GOP dug in and held it’s ground it wouldn’t work. Especially with Trump out there cheerleading it.
So fear and cowardace.