WASHINGTON – The top Democrat on Capitol Hill is blaming a potential government shutdown Friday night on House Speaker John Boehner's insistence on keeping conservative policy prescriptions on the environment and abortion in a must-pass government funding bill.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said late-night negotiations have largely produced an agreement on how much to cut spending but that Republicans are insisting on rewriting the Clean Air Act and injecting abortion into the debate.
Among the abortion battles on the bill is a ban on taxpayer-funded abortions in Washington, D.C.
DNC: No abortions? No murdering of the unborn? No killing babies? Don't we have a right to sex without responsibilities? Don't we have a right for recreation? Can't we indulge our deviant desires without having to pay? Hell, these babies can't even talk, walk, or vote.
GOP: No raping the environment? No destroying the future of our children? Don't we have a right to unlimited profits without responsibilities? Don't we have a right to shaft the poor, ill, and aged? Can't we top our mega wealth without sob stories from the non-rich? Hell, the non-wealthy are too poor to influence our actions with bribes.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said late-night negotiations have largely produced an agreement on how much to cut spending but that Republicans are insisting on rewriting the Clean Air Act and injecting abortion into the debate.
Among the abortion battles on the bill is a ban on taxpayer-funded abortions in Washington, D.C.
DNC: No abortions? No murdering of the unborn? No killing babies? Don't we have a right to sex without responsibilities? Don't we have a right for recreation? Can't we indulge our deviant desires without having to pay? Hell, these babies can't even talk, walk, or vote.
GOP: No raping the environment? No destroying the future of our children? Don't we have a right to unlimited profits without responsibilities? Don't we have a right to shaft the poor, ill, and aged? Can't we top our mega wealth without sob stories from the non-rich? Hell, the non-wealthy are too poor to influence our actions with bribes.
