HOUSE VOTES TO BAN FUNDING OF ABORTION - WHAT WILL THE SENATE DO?

House votes to ban federally funded abortions

• Submitted by Asst Natl Dir Mellie B on May 5, 2011 at Patriot Action Network
• By Pete Kasperowicz - 05/04/11 05:19 PM ET

The House Wednesday evening passed a bill that would permanently ban the use of federal funds on elective abortion procedures, over repeated Democratic objections that the bill goes too far by enforcing this ban through the tax code.
The House approved the bill, H.R. 3, in a 251-175 vote. Every Republican voted for it, as did 16 Democrats.
Republicans cast the bill as a simple codification of the Hyde Amendment, which has been approved as a rider to various appropriations bills over the last few decades. They also said Americans support the idea of ensuring that no taxpayer funds are used for abortions.
The full article is here
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/159307-house-votes-to-p...


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