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“In light of ongoing concerns about the organization, I have instructed state agencies to cease acting as an intermediary for pass-through federal funds to Planned Parenthood”.

McConnell, R-Ky., said the bill would take 5 million from Planned Parenthood as a “one-year moratorium” that would “allow us to press the pause button” while Congressional investigations into the alleged illegal sale of aborted fetal tissue continues. One...

He set up a vote on Thursday that is likely to fund the government through December 11, which is supposed fail because of Democratic opposition.

She has been hired to work in strategic advocacy and bring policy counsel to the Planned Parenthood Action Council of Utah. I think Warner believes women are not intelligent enough to find other health care facilities and would start reproducing madly and overpopulate the world....

The bill would also require medical practitioners or employees of hospitals, clinics or physician’s offices to report to law enforcement agencies any violation they witnessed.

Add to that her rough personality and hasty business decisions led to her being fired from the company with a record of some great advances and some not so. In many cases, our mothers are under-celebrated, overworked, diligent, tactful, logical and the target of reckless blame.

Protestors want the state to initiate an investigation and remove any state funds that might go to the organization’s healthcare services.

U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, has renewed his call for Congress to continue the fight to defund and investigate Planned Parenthood.

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...

One representative, Steve King, R-Iowa, voted as “present” for both H.R. 3134 and H.R. 3504, objecting that the bills allow abortions in cases of rape, incest and risks to the mother’s life. The bill, which has little chance of being enacted as Democrats hold...

Elected officials have a responsibility to the American public to ensure the integrity of taxpayer-funded programs. It’s just plain rude. Controversial?

Calls by McCarthy and Ryan to stop the drama over Boehner likely won’t halt the jockeying for position in the House leadership chain, Politico reports.

However, since all spending bills must originate in the Republican-controlled House, Congressmen could introduce bills that allocate no funds for Planned Parenthood and force Democrats to try to amend the bills.

The bill has one co-sponsor in the Senate, but there is no companion bill in the Democratic-controlled Assembly.