Emily Miller
Human Events
4/14/2011
The Republican House passed defunding Planned Parenthood and ObamaCare on Thursday, which were stand-alone votes attached to the Continuing Resolution (CR). The Democrat Senate then killed both bills.
The final Continuing Resolution (CR), which funds the government through Sept. 30, was sent to President Obama to sign without the two conservative provisions. Obama threatened to veto the CR—thereby shutting down the government—if the final legislation included defunding his health care law.
“If the President is presented with legislation that would eliminate funding or repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund, his senior advisers would recommend that he veto it,” the White House said in a statement on Wednesday.
As part of the budget deal made late last Friday night by Speaker of the House John Boehner (R.-Ohio), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D.-Nev.), and President Obama, the Democrat Senate was required to debate and hold a vote on the two measures that block any federal funds from being used this year for Planned Parenthood or ObamaCare.
Although Boehner and fellow Republicans did not expect the two bills to get the 60-vote threshold for passage in the Democrat-controlled Senate, their goal was to get a roll call vote to show each Senator’s position on the issues.
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