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Planned Parenthood refused to provide budget information for the Vienna Center, including how much it receives from the state.

The agency noted it had not received anything from Planned Parenthood, which must pay a $7,500 penalty.

One reason for the timing is that Republicans hope the Pontiff will notice how fastidious Republicans are on abortion and contraception. The Times said that the campaign against the reproductive health organization is based on deceptive smear videos, and ultimately comes down to...

The warning came ahead of a Senate procedural vote on the measure.

U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) spoke on the Senate floor after Senate Democrats filibustered a government funding bill that would have redirected money from Planned Parenthood to Community Health Centers. Not so much that a shutdown over the spending bill was in the offing, but...

North country Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is calling for Congress to avoid a government shutdown at the end of September, a position that places her at odds with the most conservative members of her own Republican party.

Planned Parenthood, a non-profit group, has been under fire for weeks after secretly taped videos produced by an anti-abortion group recorded Planned Parenthood officials discussing the use of fetal tissue harvested from abortions.

Just two days after announcing he was quitting Congress, House Speaker John Boehner yelled and cried through an interview – focusing his ire on the “false prophets” in the right-wing of the Republican Party.

Boehner attributed his resignation to the brewing conservative rebellion and said it was inspired by Pope Francis’ visit.

House Speaker John Boehner, who announced of Friday he will be stepping down and resigning from Congress on October 30, said his more conservative opponents are not being realistic about how things are accomplished in Washington.

While Boehner is giving up the reigns, his rocky tenure is not over yet; during the interview, he pledged one of his final actions as speaker would be to avert a government shutdown over Planned Parenthood. Boehner allies are reportedly pushing for his chief deputy House Majority...

The bill, up for a vote on Thursday, will likely be blocked by Democrats, setting up Republicans for a government shutdown threat over an opportunity to increase spending.

The next steps aren’t set in stone, although McConnell has promised there won’t be a government shutdown. Threatening to shut down the government if Planned Parenthood funding remains in the current budget has certainly been their most prominent – and urgent –...

Senate Democrats thwarted a Republican effort to ban late-term abortions on Tuesday as GOP leaders strained to avoid a government shutdown in eight days over the dispute – all against a tangled backdrop of presidential politics.

But the bill would have cut money for Planned Parenthood, which receives about $450 million from the government to provide other family planning and health care services, primarily to low-income men and women through Medicaid and state grants.