RSS Feed

Tag Archives: Bachmann

Today in the Weird and Wonderful World of Capitol Hill…

Posted on


  • Representative Mike Pence, sponsor of the “2011 Abortion Provider Prohibition Act,” a bill that would zero out all funding for Title X health clinics (clinics that provide low- or no-cost family planning services and are found in mostly poor urban neighborhoods, or rural areas that have limited access to health care services) said on the hated NPR that he “never intended to touch women’s health services,” he just wanted to defund Planned Parenthood (PP, an abortion provider, received approximately $342 million from Title X between 2002 and 2008, but per the Hyde Amendment, none of that money paid for abortions).  Hel-lo, Mr. Pence: that’s what defund means: to take the money away.  Didn’t they teach you that in Congressman School?

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.