Motion to defund Planned Parenthood FAILED - 53 - 46

[lamp_shade]

Kirk voted with Dems. (His challenger is Tammy Duckworth in 2016).
Manchin & Donnelly voted with Reps.
McConnell voted no also, but only so he can bring it back for another vote.
I don't know who didn't vote.

[herding cats]

1. Glad to see it go down in flames.

It should never have been an issue.

[coffeenap]

3. Thanks, Mr. Kirk but

you will be replaced.

[rosesaylavee]

31. +1,000,000

[AllFieldsRequired]

2. Any Democratic member who voted to defund must be primaried and done away with

Republicans, again, cant be counted on to do the human or humane thing.

Disgusting motherfuckers

[Fred Sanders]

4. Agreed. Supporting mass propaganda, or not seeing it, aimed at women's health can not be tolerated.

D or R.

[AllFieldsRequired]

8. This is like Social Security. No room for bullshit, Obama's bluff aside.

God I hope that was a bluff, but that is not important now.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

26. Alan Simpson can rot in hell.

Just a figure of speech since I'm not religious.

[Kber]

7. 1000% in agreement!

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This isn't about stopping abortions, so they can't give us their "pro-life" excuses here.

It's about either controlling women or pandering to those who want to do so.

And that has NO place in the Democratic Party.

[lamp_shade]

19. You summed it up very nicely Kber. Thank you.

I hope you don't mind but I just quoted you on a thread in HuffPo Politics.

[Kber]

23. Glad to contribute in any way - so quote away. :)

Both my senators voted the right way, but I still sent them emails thanking them.

They need to hear from us when they do the right thing as well as when we're not thrilled.

[MadCrow]

28. Manchin is a DINO (Democrat In Name Only)

Trouble is, I don't know if we here in WV could elect a real Democrat to replace him.

[Erose999]

41. Manchin especially. He's useless.

[malthaussen]

5. Well, that's useful for now.

53-46. One imagines there is going to be a whole lot of politicking going on before another vote.

-- Mal

[Fred Sanders]

6. Lot more rooting out of the lies and evil behind this propaganda campaign, that is for sure.

Because it is time to take the offensive against the insane liars that have taken over one of two major political parties in America.

[malthaussen]

10. No doubt. Which may matter to me and thee...

... but I somehow doubt it will have anything to do with how the Senate does its voting.

I mean, can anyone imagine that a US senator could be so ignorant as to believe this bullshit, or driven by anything other than pure mendacity to vote for it?

-- Mal

[Fred Sanders]

11. Yes, yes I can imagine that level of stupidity and mendacity....it is evident every day.

[DCBob]

9. good.

I suspect that's the end of it.

[Fred Sanders]

12. When do the prosecutions of the hate group responsible for this criminal defamation of PP begin?

[daleanime]

14. What? Republicans held responsible......

for their lies? We wish.

[Jeff Murdoch]

21. Watch California and Kamala Harris. n/t

[csziggy]

15. I doubt it - they still vote to defund ACORN and it's been gone for years

They voted to defund it for at least three years after ACORN ceased to exist:

Mon Aug 05, 2013 at 08:32 AM PDT
ACORN—defunct for 3 years—is still being defunded by House Republicans

by Ian Reifowitz

Did you know that House Republicans really, really, really don't want any money going to the defunct organization known as ACORN?

Although last week's attempt to pass a bill funding the Transportation and Housing & Urban Development departments (THUD) landed with a, well, an acronym, it would have marked the 13th time the Republican-led House of Representatives passed a bill with language ensuring that no funds go to that organization.

You know ACORN, it's the scary, all-powerful group that tried to register low-income folks to vote and do other kinds of advocacy work for the poor. Republicans believe ACORN is so powerful that, at least according to a PPP survey, 49 percent of them think that ACORN stole the 2012 presidential election. This is down from the 52 percent of Republicans who thought ACORN stole the 2008 presidential election. Oh, did I mention that ACORN ceased to exist in 2010? I guess that fact accounts for the three percent drop from 2008 to 2012.

<SNIP>

This ridiculous Republican revisiting of ACORN's non-existing funding reminds me of that classic Saturday Night Live "Weekend Update" newscast where anchor Chevy Chase announces that Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead, so I've embedded it above for your viewing pleasure.

More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/05/1228973/-ACORN-defunct-for-3-years-is-still-being-defunded-by-House-Republicans

[herding cats]

17. It's not. Not even close.

Now they're going to try and strip PP of funding via budget maneuvers, and state based legislation. It's a part of their 2016 plan to draw voters to the polls.

[daleanime]

13. Good.

Of course Kirk is nervous. Tammy should (fingers crossed) clean his clock.

[Arkansas Granny]

16. Good news.

[PeaceNikki]

18. Good, waste of fucking time.

[Kath1]

29. Well-said!

Very good news but closer than I'd like.

[Duval]

20. Yayyy!! nt

[freshwest]

22. Rand and his ilk have been smacked down on this and personhood bills everytime by PBO.

He would have stopped this, too. We must ensure one of our good candidates is in the Oval Office in January 2017.

The GOP set their Social Security timebomb to go off right after the 2016 election. If they don't take the White House, they will not be allowed to do it.

If they get in, there won't be any human rights left and SS and other things will be a distant memory. And they'll have restricted the vote so much a lot of people won't be able to vote.

They've been telegraphing their intentions for years and now are ramping it up. They want the same ALEC laws they've pushed through red states to be national. They'll redefine Constitutional amendment to set up fiefdoms.

Read the Koch brothers agenda to see what they are being paid to do. They have achieved most of their agenda through media and are on the home stretch.

First link, lot of video and text:

Reid: Why The Kochs Are Dangerous For America

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017191768

This one from Sanders shows the list. Take a look to see how close they are to the end:

BERNIE SANDERS Uncovers 1980 Koch Agenda- "What Do the Koch Brothers Want?"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024806298

[barbtries]

24. i'll just bet

both teabaggers from NC voted for it. bastards. Planned Parenthood has become my 2nd favorite charity after Justice for Murdered Children.

[libodem]

25. Praises to the Goddess

Thank you higher power.

[sulphurdunn]

27. If you are a member of the Democratic Party,

there are certain matters that require you to vote the party line. Supporting women's health is one of those. If you vote with the fucking republicans on a party line vote you need to be gone. Period. But for the triangulating so called leadership of so called centrist democrats such assholes would never have been in the Democratic Party.

[niyad]

30. apparently lindsey graham had other things to do.

[MyOwnPeace]

32. Because.......

He doesn't care about women (a-hem........)

[Gregorian]

33. To think we're voting on whether or not to dismantle the benefits for a good society.

Sickness at the very top of our country. It almost feels hopeless. The tone of discussion is so low.

[BeanMusical]

36. Yes this is unreal!

SMH.

[jtuck004]

34. This time. There will be more, daily if the opponents have their way. n/t

[BeanMusical]

35. Excellent! Thank you for the good news.

[AngryAmish]

37. Next time someone complains abiut the filibuster, point to this.

[Reter]

38. Where's the roll call?

Why Dems voted Yes? What Repubs voted No?

[jopacaco]

39. Maine split vote

Angus King voted against defunding.
Susan Collins voted the party line and voted for defunding. She claims to be pro-choice but she is first and foremost a Republican. I get very annoyed when people claim that she is such a moderate. Pay attention to her votes, she is no better than the rest.

[JackInGreen]

40. Knew

They wouldn't get that crap through.

[Spirochete]

42. Manchin must be primaried

or at least forced to change his name to Zell Lieberman...