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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.

Oil prices fell today after the US Federal Reserve kept its main interest rate on hold and following a volatile week for crude.

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.

US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were trading down $1.55, or 3.3 percent, at $45.35 a barrel.

Other groups, such as Americans United for Life, have taken a relatively safer approach, which is to neither oppose nor support a government shutdown over Planned Parenthood funding.

In something out of a dystopian nightmare, the US House of Representatives has voted to stop federal funding to Planned Parenthood for a year.

Tuesday’s vote came with Republicans trying to halt the $450 million in federal funding that goes yearly to Planned Parenthood, about a third of its overall budget. The House approved the legislation in May.

Judge and former Miss America Vanessa Williams asked Robison: “Should Planned Parenthood funding be cut off?” The building is owned by local real estate agent Susan Balfour, who is one of the region’s most-outspoken anti-abortion activists.

The videos that purport to show Planned Parenthood officials breaking the law come from an anti-abortion group called the Center for Medical Progress. “When it comes to defunding Planned Parenthood, the issue should not be partisan”.

“I’m not talking about republicans, I’m talking about Americans who look at these videos from Planned Parenthood and are just sickened by it”, said Representative Chris Stewart, ( R ) Ut. The Senate has not yet acted on the issue. It, too, faces likely...

The cartel has upped its expectation for oil demand growth this year by 84,000 barrels per day to 1.46 mn bpd, but revised its forecast lower for next year by 50,000 bpd to 1.29 mn bpd.

The Saudi-led oil cartel said daily crude production outside of OPEC is likely to grow by 160,000 barrels next year, a figure 110,000 barrels lower than its estimate last month, largely because USA oil production is slipping faster than expected.

The Chinese market collapse, downgrading of Brazil’s credit rating, Russian recessionary concerns, and the South African economic slowdown will curb the demand for crude oil in the long term in the oversupplied crude oil market.

Republican senator and presidential hopeful Ted Cruz recently hosted what he called a Rally for Religious Liberty.

Of course one wonders how a man who believes that Planned Parenthood, a group that sells baby parts like toys and teaches sexual deviancy to minors, will keep the abortion rate low is qualified to accuse anyone of “madness”. It’s unconscionable. Mr. Schaefer is...