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Conservative Republicans are very much against the spending bill’s inclusion of federal dollars for Planned Parenthood, and News 3’s Noelle Bellow has reaction form one local health group.

Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards answered questions before a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on September 29, as congressional efforts to end taxpayer funding of the nation’s largest abortion provider continue.

The controversial bill, appropriately titled the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015, passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a margin of 54 votes. The battle has been rejoined just in time for the 2016 election campaign and next week’s historic address to Congress by...

In an emotional hearing on Capitol Hill, Planned Parenthood’s chief had a heated conversation with House of Republicans on Tuesday as she tried to protect her organization from questions about the ethics and legality of the activities going on inside its clinics. In truth,...

Congress is expected to approve a measure on Wednesday, which will avoid a government shutdown, and continue funding health services at Planned Parenthood, at least for several more months.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday for a stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, but it did so without Congressman Ralph Abraham’s vote.

The measure needed 60 votes to clear a procedural hurdle but got 54, with 42 senators voting in opposition. The leading proponent of bringing the fight over funding the group to a possible government shutdown remained unbowed.

Don Stewart, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, explained, “If we shut down the government, you can’t walk into Yellowstone Park, but you can walk into Planned Parenthood”.

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

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

The organization has been the subject of ongoing controversy since a sting video was released that alleges it profits from the sale of fetal tissue.

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.

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 –...

“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”.