in Pennsylvania's First Congressional District
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania's_1st_congressional_district http://archphila.org/pastplan/MAPS/Arch.pdf
and the Central Garden State

Friday, September 16, 2016

9/16/16 Deja Vu: revisiting Heritage Action's 9/17/15 "There Is Only One Way to End Federal Funding of Planned Parenthood"

At this point, the only whispers about a likely continuing resolution at the end of the month and Planned Parenthood seem to be over whether Planned Parenthood will get EVEN MORE $, via Zika funding.  People elected to office as "pro life" need to act pro life!  Where were we a year ago on this?

"Why, oh why, is it so hard for Republicans to do the right thing and put up a good fight to end taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood?

"On this issue, and others before it, it seems the GOP leadership has decided that principles and campaign promises must succumb to the 'what we believe is politically possible' line of thinking.

"Translation: They are loath to even consider any legislation that President Barack Obama threatens to veto or that Senate Democrats threaten to filibuster.

"Further translation: Democrats are winning the game of chicken…again.

"And this is why the current battle over legislation to keep the government funded and running—a continuing resolution—is causing great heartburn among GOP congressional leaders....

"there is only one way to truly end federal funding of Planned Parenthood, and that is to defund it in any continuing resolution taken up by Congress....

"Those wanting to pass a 'clean' continuing resolution and avoid the debate now say, 'We'll take care of this in January or February when Congress returns early next year.'

"Are we really going to fall for that again?....

"Even if Congress could pass such standalone legislation in February directing Health and Human Services, the agency that funds Planned Parenthood, to stop sending them any more dollars, it is very likely that HHS—knowing Planned Parenthood might be defunded—would distribute the funds well before such legislation passed.

"If Congress passes a continuing resolution authorizing government spending for the next fiscal year that is basically a carbon copy of this past year's budget, HHS will be given the same amount of money it was given last year, and the agency can issue a check on day one of the next fiscal year to Planned Parenthood. That could be just weeks from now in October, when the next fiscal year is supposed to begin, or later this year, or in January if the battle over the resolution drags out.

"Regardless, if the continuing resolution has the funding in there, there is no reason HHS has to take its sweet time to distribute it. It can do so immediately, and Congress will be johnny-come-lately in doing anything about it....

"Sometimes, regardless of the stakes, you have to do the right thing simply because it is the right thing to do. Despite the timidity of GOP congressional leadership, doing the right thing in this case just might be a major reason they win what they seem to covet more than anything else—the 2016 election."

http://dailysignal.com/2015/09/17/there-is-only-one-way-to-end-federal-funding-of-planned-parenthood-heres-why/

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