Wednesday, July 29, 2015

GOP leaders plan Senate vote on Planned Parenthood aid

In this photo taken July 23, 2015, Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Paul says Senate leaders have told him the chamber will vote on his effort to block federal aid to Planned Parenthood before lawmakers begin their August break. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate will vote before its August recess on a Republican effort to bar federal aid to Planned Parenthood, GOP leaders said Tuesday, as anti-abortion groups clamored for action by lawmakers. Democrats said they will strongly oppose what they called the latest Republican effort to weaken women's health care programs, but stopped short of flatly predicting its defeat.


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