Senate rejects Paul's effort to strip Planned Parenthood of federal funding
The Senate rejected an effort by GOP Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) to attach a provision blocking federal funding for Planned Parenthood to a massive government spending bill.
Senators voted 45-48 on Paul's amendment, with 60 votes needed to add the provision into the spending bill.
The vote came after Republicans initially blocked Paul from bringing up his amendment. Leadership has agreed to block "poison pill" provisions, which would threaten the bipartisan support for the Defense-Education-Labor-Health and Human Services bill.
Paul's amendment would prevent federal funding from going to the organization and others that provide abortions.
Despite Republicans having control of the White House and both houses of Congress, they've been unable to cut off federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
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How about that? The Senate has some intelligent members on both sides of the aisle.
