http://thehill.com/policy/finance/253443-prospect-of-shutdown-grows
The prospect of a second government shutdown in two years is growing as House conservatives pledge to oppose any funding measure that includes money for Planned Parenthood.
GOP leaders face a familiar problem. A measure that blocks funding for Planned Parenthood would almost certainly lack the votes to pass the Senate, and would be vetoed by President Obama. But Republicans in the House don't have enough GOP votes to approve a funding measure that continues funding for Planned Parenthood, and don't want to negotiate with Democrats. Conservatives headed to their districts on Friday expressing certainty that they would force GOP leaders to include a hold on Planned Parenthood funding.
And as in past funding fights, they insisted it would be the Democrats and President Obama who would be blamed for a shutdown.
“Will the president shut down and defund the troops in order to fund Planned Parenthood?” said Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.). “I don't think he's that politically stupid, but we shall see.”
Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.), another conservative, sounded a similar theme.
“I’ve seen too many times up here that a threat of a shutdown is why you compromise your principles, and I am sick and tired of compromising my principles,” he said.
HATRED AND STUPIDITY ARE NOT PRINCIPLES, THEY ARE CHARACTER FLAWS, REP. JONES.
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