Tension Mounts
Between Boehner and Jordan Over Planned Parenthood Defunding
by Dr. Susan Berry 19 Sep 2015
Tension is mounting between House Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) 35% and Rep. Jim
Jordan (R-OH) 92% – both of Ohio – over strategy on how to defund Planned Parenthood in the wake of revelations
about the abortion giant’s organ harvesting practices.
Though ten videos have been released exposing the abortion
provider’s booming business in
the sale of baby parts, Boehner and other House leaders chose to push through the House
a stand-alone bill to freeze Planned Parenthood’s federal funding for one year,
rather than attach a bill to defund the organization to a must-pass spending
bill.
Both Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell
(R-KY) 52% have dismissed any strategy that would allow Democrats and the
liberal media to blame Republicans for a government shutdown over
the elimination or redirection of Planned Parenthood’s federal funding.
According to Cincinnati.com,
Boehner met with pastors from his home district in Ohio who are concerned that
Republican leaders in Congress are not putting the responsibility to veto a
spending bill that defunds Planned Parenthood on President Obama.
One pastor, Dale Christian of First Baptist Church in Troy,
reported that Boehner would not commit to eliminating the abortion business’
taxpayer funding if it meant an ensuing government shutdown. Boehner’s aides,
however, denied the speaker was that specific about ruling out particular
tactics.
“His message to the pastors from our area, to his colleagues
and to the American people has consistently been that he is working to hold
abortion providers accountable for their horrific practices and advance the
pro-life cause,” said Olivia Hnat, a spokeswoman for Boehner.
However, Jordan, chairman of the
conservative House Freedom Caucus, wants Republicans to show moral courage in
their convictions about the horrific and gruesome practices of Planned Parenthood
as shown in the recent investigative videos.
“Sometime in the next 13 days, everyone’s going to have to
face a pretty fundamental question: Are we going to continue to allow taxpayer
dollars to go to this organization?” Jordan said in an interview Thursday. “The
right thing is they should not be getting another dime.”
The House Freedom Caucus said in a statement
last week:
Given the appalling revelations surrounding Planned
Parenthood, we cannot in good moral conscience vote to send taxpayer money to
this organization while still fulfilling our duty to represent our
constituents. We must therefore oppose any spending measure that contains
funding for Planned Parenthood.
The caucus’ strategy would force a decision of whether to
fund the government without providing taxpayer funds to Planned Parenthood on
President Obama, who has already said he would not sign any spending bill that
does not include funding for the abortion giant.
The Ohio pastors reportedly also met with Rep. Mark Meadows
(R-NC) 96% of the House Freedom Caucus, who had called for a vote
for a new speaker.
Other House Republicans – even those who are not members of
the Freedom Caucus – have agreed that GOP leaders must not compromise the
Party’s pro-life convictions for seeming political expediency.
“I am one who wants to defund Planned Parenthood, and I will
go to virtually any lengths to do that,” said Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Westwood,
who is not a member of the Freedom Caucus.
Jordan agreed that if Senate Democrats and Obama choose to
block any spending bill that eliminates funding for Planned Parenthood, the
responsibility for an ensuing government shutdown is theirs.
“No one wants a shutdown,” Jordan said. “If the president
says ‘No, we insist, we demand … that money” go to Planned Parenthood, “that is
indefensible. Our position is so logical, so common sense. If we’re willing to
fully commit to it and to having the debate, then we’ll win.”
On Thursday, House GOP leaders reportedly reviewed polling
data with Republican members that suggested they would be blamed for a
government shutdown if Obama and Democrats refused to give up funding for
Planned Parenthood. The “blaming,” however, would take place through the lens
of a liberal media that has covered for Planned Parenthood despite its many ethical and legal
violations throughout the years. As has already occurred, whenever
Planned Parenthood’s practices are questioned, Democrats and the liberal media
reignite the “war on women” narrative that essentially casts the abortion
business as “women’s healthcare” – when it actually provides minimal
“healthcare” – but is the nation’s largest provider of abortions.
While Jordan supports the premise of the stand-alone bill
passed by the House on Friday to redirect funding from Planned Parenthood to
healthcare facilities that do not provide abortions, he asserts the strategy
places Congress in a weakened position.
Stand-alone bills “don’t involve us using the ultimate power
that we have at the legislative branch, and that is the power over spending,”
he said, adding that the continued tension between House leadership and
conservative Republicans over Planned Parenthood and other high-profile issues
has been getting increased attention.
“I think the whole country is watching,” Jordan said.
Planned
Parenthood
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Note: George Soros is the
founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open
Society, a contributor for MoveOn.org,
and married in 2013.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think
tank), and Media Matters.
Jack
Valenti was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a
member of the Burning Tree Club.
Ann
McLaughlin Korologos was a chair emeritus for the Aspen Institute (think
tank), and is married to Tom C.
Korologos.
Tom C. Korologos
is married to Ann McLaughlin Korologos,
and a member of the Burning Tree Club.
John
A. Boehner is a member of the Burning
Tree Club, the speaker for the U.S.
House of Representatives, and was a sponsor for the No Child Left Behind Act.
Margaret
Spellings was the architect for the No
Child Left Behind Act, and is the U.S.
program advisory panel member for the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute
(think tank).
Nelson
Smith was the federal negotiator for the No Child Left Behind Act, and the president of the National Alliance for Public Charter
Schools.
Raben
Group is the lobby firm for the National
Alliance for Public Charter Schools, and was the lobby firm for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
Service
Employees International Union (SEIU)
is a national partner with America Votes.
Kirk
Adams is the international EVP for the Service
Employees International Union (SEIU), married to Cecile Richards, and was an organizing director at the AFL-CIO.
Cecile Richards
is married to Kirk Adams, the
president of the Planned Parenthood
Federation of America, the president of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, was the founder & president of America Votes, and Nancy Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff.
Planned
Parenthood Action Fund is a national partner with America Votes.
AFL-CIO
is a national partner with America Votes.
NARAL
Pro-Choice America is a national partner with America Votes.
Ilyse
Hogue is the president of NARAL
Pro-Choice America, a senior adviser for Media Matters, and was a director of political advocacy for MoveOn.org.
Nancy
Pelosi’s deputy chief of staff was Cecile
Richards, was invited to George
Soros’s 2013 wedding reception, is the minority leader for the U.S. House of Representatives, and Terri McCullough is her chief of staff.
Terri McCullough
is Nancy Pelosi’s chief of staff,
and married to Howard Wolfson.
Howard
Wolfson is married to Terri
McCullough, Michael R. Bloomberg’s
adviser, was a contributor for Fox News,
and a partner at the Glover Park Group.
Media Matters
monitors Fox News.
Glover Park Group
is the lobby firm for the Planned
Parenthood Federation of America.
Michael R.
Bloomberg’s adviser is Howard
Wolfson, and is the founder of the Bloomberg
Family Foundation.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Jack
Valenti was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a
member of the Burning Tree Club.
Ann
McLaughlin Korologos was a chair emeritus for the Aspen Institute (think
tank), and is married to Tom C.
Korologos.
Tom C. Korologos
is married to Ann McLaughlin Korologos,
and a member of the Burning Tree Club.
John
A. Boehner is a member of the Burning
Tree Club, the speaker for the U.S.
House of Representatives, and was a sponsor for the No Child Left Behind Act.
Margaret
Spellings was the architect for the No
Child Left Behind Act, and is the U.S.
program advisory panel member for the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute
(think tank).
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