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Panich52

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Wed Jul 22, 2015, 06:39 PM Jul 2015

Crazy Cruz & phony libertarian Paul to add PP defunding riders to highway bill

The Hill

2016 HOPEFULS BRING ABORTION INTO HIGHWAY DEBATE: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) wants to force the Senate to vote on defunding Planned Parenthood this week, as a second undercover video unleashes a new storm of scrutiny of the organization.

Cruz is the second senator -- and the second GOP presidential candidate -- who is eying the highway bill as an attempt to defund Planned Parenthood. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said last week that he will "use all legislative vehicles at his disposal" to force a vote this week but has not released details of his plan.

Cruz's office said Tuesday that he will introduce a Planned Parenthood amendment, in addition to separate measures that would fully repeal ObamaCare and end the "Washington exemption" for congressional staffers buying health insurance.

Read more here
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/248633-cruz-vows-vote-on-defunding-planned-parenthoo

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Crazy Cruz & phony libertarian Paul to add PP defunding riders to highway bill (Original Post) Panich52 Jul 2015 OP
Legislative malfeasance Novara Jul 2015 #1
I am so damned sick of these woman-hating bastards. niyad Jul 2015 #2
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