Senate Introduces Obamacare Repeal Resolution
The Senate introduced a resolution Tuesday that represents congressional Republicans’ first step toward the repeal of Obamacare.
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Israeli Official: Israel, Turkey To Restore Relations In ‘Matter Of Days’
TEL AVIV – Israel and Turkey’s reconciliation is more than 95% complete and the countries’ severed ties could be reestablished within “a matter of days,” according to a senior Israeli official.
Turkish PM: If Israel Agrees To Solve Gaza Water And Electricity Crises, We’ll Sign Reconciliation Deal
TEL AVIV – Turkey will sign a reconciliation agreement with Israel if the latter agrees to resolve the electricity and water crises in the Gaza Strip, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters in Qatar on Friday.
Pro-Life Leaders Protest as Obama Vetoes GOP Bill To Repeal Obamacare, Defund Planned Parenthood
“President Obama’s gall is stunning,” said Rep. Diane Black, author of the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015, in a statement. “He spent this week discussing the need to ‘protect innocent people’ and ‘save more lives’ yet he callously vetoed a bill to protect the most innocent and vulnerable among us from the heinous abuses of Planned Parenthood.”
Senate Vote Guts Obamacare’s Key Features, Defunds Planned Parenthood
The U.S. Senate approved a bill Thursday that would strip Obamacare of key tax-raising features and would also eliminate taxpayer-funding of abortion businesses, including Planned Parenthood.
Reconciliation Should Unite, Not Divide Conservatives
In May, Republicans voted for a budget agreement that “affirmed the use of reconciliation for the sole purpose of repealing the President’s job-killing health care law.” It was a position that united an all-too-often fractured party. The promise to repeal Obamacare in its entirety delivered Republicans the House in 2010 and the Senate in 2014.
House Passes Reconciliation Bill With Provision To Block Planned Parenthood Funding For One Year
A House passed reconciliation bill includes a moratorium on all Planned Parenthood taxpayer funds for one year, and would redirect those funds to comprehensive health care centers that do not provide abortion.
GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski: I’m ‘Supporter of Planned Parenthood’
Sen. Lisa Murkowski is one of four Republican senators whose votes will be key in the defunding of Planned Parenthood that is included in the House budget package. The measure is expected to be voted on under the rules of reconciliation, a budgetary process whereby no filibuster in the Senate is permitted, but Republicans will need the required 51 votes to approve the package.
Jason Chaffetz ‘No Wrongdoing’ Comment on Planned Parenthood Raises Concerns
Pro-life leaders are concerned that lawmakers aren’t serious about eliminating funding for Planned Parenthood. The worries come as a “panel” has been created to study Planned Parenthood’s activities, this one headed by Rep. Marsha Blackburn, also considered to be a potential candidate for House Speaker. According to The Hill, Blackburn said, “Our investigation has raised many more questions than we’ve been able to find answers. We need to have a national conversation about these practices. This is a discussion we cannot shy away from.”
Four GOP Senators Could Ensure Planned Parenthood Remains Funded
The pending Republican move to defund Planned Parenthood will depend on four GOP Senators who are facing tough swing-state elections in 2016, and who must decide whether to alienate feminist or pro-life groups.
House Conservatives Worried Leadership May Cave on ObamaCare Repeal
GOP conservatives in the House are worried that establishment Republicans like Speaker John Boehner and his buddies may betray them once again, this time with the effort to repeal ObamaCare.
