Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Senate could pass the measure as soon as Thursday, as long as there isn’t âunwelcome brouhaha.â | Jemal Countess/Getty Images for SEIU The House passed a stopgap spending bill Wednesday night that gives negotiators an extra week to finish a $1.7 trillion year-end spending package, setting up an
Congress OKs Planned Parenthood funding crackdown, as Pence breaks tie
March 31, 2017 by
WASHINGTON â Â Republican legislation letting states deny federal family planning money to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers squeezed narrowly through the Senate Thursday, rescued by an ailing GOP senator who returned to the Capitol after back surgery and a tie-breaking vote by Vice President Mike Pence. In Congress’ latest clash mixing the politics of […]