GOP leaders work to defuse Planned Parenthood showdown as clock ticks

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/15/planned-parenthood-republicans-government-shutdown

Mitch McConnell and John Boehner look to quell conservative push for government shutdown as two abortion bills head for vote in House

GOP leaders work to defuse Planned Parenthood showdown as clock ticks
Lauren Gambino in Washington
Tuesday 15 September 2015 07.00 EDT

Congress is running out of time to agree on a spending plan that keeps the government open, as Republican leaders attempt to defuse the threat of another shutdown – this one over Planned Parenthood.

Dozens of conservatives in the House and Senate have already pledged not to vote for a spending bill that includes money for Planned Parenthood. But both House speaker John Boehner and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell have rejected such proposals, worried that moderate and independent voters may blame the Republican party for a government shutdown.

Republican leadership is seeking to decouple the effort to defund Planned Parenthood from the spending bill, which must be passed by the end of the month or risk a second shutdown in two years. In an effort to pacify the conservative caucus, House Republicans are to vote later this week on two abortion-related bills.

But it remains an open question whether the party’s most conservative members will stage a revolt against a spending bill that includes money for Planned Parenthood.

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The last times these folks shut down the US government, the National Credit Rating dropped from AAA to AAB.

We currently have $18,100,000,000,000 ($18.1 trillion) of National Debt. The last fourteen years of war was put on the credit card. Which way will the National Credit Rating swing this time?

Good luck, fellas.

Another shut down with a subsequent hike in interest rates should be a nail in the Republican clown car.

P.S. - when you decide to have another war, the last thing we need is for the pres to tell us to "go shopping" AND send us $600 to do so.