Ayotte Demands Answers from Cruz on Planned Parenthood Defund Push

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Legal Insurrection: Ayotte Demands Answers from Cruz on Planned Parenthood Defund Push

Posted by Amy Miller Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 7:00am

 

“How do we get 60 votes?”

Senator Ted Cruz has repeatedly accused his colleagues in the Senate of not fighting hard enough to defund Planned Parenthood.

 

The bill currently funding the government will expire on September 30, and Cruz has asked the other Republican members of the Senate to oppose any further funding bills that allocate money for Planned Parenthood. He’s willing to risk a government shutdown in what he insists is an attempt to ensure that no federal dollars flow to the abortion business; other Republican senators, however—even those who boast an ardently pro-life record—oppose this tactic, saying that it offers no path to victory (with “victory” being the actual defunding of Planned Parenthood.)

Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) recently penned a letter to Senator Cruz, asking him to explain how he plans to move from legislative opposition, to government shutdown, to the end of funding for Planned Parenthood.

 

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Senator Ayotte’s letter has less to do with the political consequences of pushing for defunding-via-shutdown, and more with the lack of communication between Cruz and his Senate colleagues:

 

As I understand it many Republican Senators have this ame problem with Ted...ie does not communicate well or try to work with his fellow Republicans.

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Senator Ayotte’s letter has less to do with the political consequences of pushing for defunding-via-shutdown, and more with the lack of communication between Cruz and his Senate colleagues:

 

As I understand it many Republican Senators have this ame problem with Ted...ie does not communicate well or try to work with his fellow Republicans.

that's the wrap as been reported