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YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts)
Wed Sep 16, 2015, 01:37 PM Sep 2015

GOP bill to defund Planned Parenthood moving along in the House [View all]

Introduced: Jul 21, 2015
Status: Referred to Committee on Jul 21, 2015
This bill was assigned to a congressional committee on July 21, 2015, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate as a whole.
The House Majority Leader indicated on Sep 14, 2015 that this bill may be considered in the week ahead.
This bill is scheduled for the following committee meetings:
Sep 16, 2015 7 p.m. — House Committee on Rules


https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/hr3134?utm_campaign=govtrack_email_update&utm_source=govtrack/email_update&utm_medium=email

From the same page:

The bill now has 176 cosponsors (175 Republicans, 1 Democrat).


The one Democratic cosponsor is conservaDem Dan Lipinski from the Chicago area. Other than him, this is entirely the work of the GOP.


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