The House on Thursday afternoon approved two resolutions that would amend the FY 2011 spending bill to block funding designated for Planned Parenthood and last year’s healthcare law. But House passage is largely symbolic, as the Senate is not expected to approve either of the bills when it considers them later today.
Votes in both the House and the Senate were a condition that Republicans insisted on as part of last week’s agreement on funding for the rest of the fiscal year.
The House approved the Planned Parenthood amendment, H.Con.Res. 36, by a 241-185 vote. All but seven Republicans voted voted for it, and they were joined by just 10 Democrats.
Full story: House approves defunding healthcare, Planned Parenthood in partisan votes