She fought and scraped her way from an afterthought in the crowded Republican presidential field to the hands-down victor of this week’s debate at the Reagan Presidential Library.
Hassan has lauded Clinton for her plan to make college more affordable, calling her the leader “that New Hampshire families need fighting for them”. “That would be a very, very unfortunate decision“.
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...
Congress adjourned for the weekend with an October . 1 government shutdown deadline fast approaching and no clear plan from Republican leaders for extending funding for federal agencies.
Only three Republicans opposed the bill, which would cut off the approximately $500 million that Planned Parenthood receives through federal funding each year. The other bill, called the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, criminally charges medical workers who fail to...
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.
“Planned Parenthood facilities provide other services, like cervical and breast cancer screenings and primary health care, to millions of low-income women, and it’s those services that would be curtailed by cutting off federal funding to Planned Parenthood“, the...
By law, federal funding can not be allocated for abortions, but allocating money to Planned Parenthood for the provision of other medical services “frees up” funds to be re-allocated for abortion. Cornyn said. “We got lucky. The other side has to get to 60″.
The point of singling out “Black” lives in the Black Lives Matter movement was to bring attention to the historic omission of Black lives from the ones whose safety police were sworn to protect, or the court system that was designed to fairly distribute justice.
Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., a vocal opponent of funding Planned Parenthood, said that allowing Obama and Democrats to trigger a government shutdown over the issue shifts the focus to the shutdown and “denies us a critical opportunity to explain why the pro-life position is...