The votes are in.
Yesterday afternoon the House of Representatives overwhelming re-approved a ban on taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood.
Unfortunately, as predicted, the Senate rejected the bill 58-42, effectively preserving taxpayer support for America's largest abortion provider for the next 5 months.
You can click here to see how each Senator voted.
More importantly, the following Senators deserve extra scrutiny as each of them have claimed in the past to be "pro-life" or at least to be against forcing taxpayers to fund abortion providers. The following Senators voted IN FAVOR of giving millions of taxpayer dollars to Planned Parenthood:
Senator Robert Casey (D-PA)*
Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE)*
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV)*
The following Senators claim to be good custodians of taxpayer money also voted IN FAVOR of federal funding of Planned Parenthood:
Senator Scott Brown (R-MA)*
Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL)
*denotes running for re-election in 2012.
Planned Parenthood has been posturing over the past 24 hours in an attempt to demoralize our side. Their leaders are acting as if the debate is over for good. They want you and me to throw our hands up in frustration and give up.
No way.
We are obviously extremely disappointed by this vote. But we are hardly giving up.
The fact is Planned Parenthood was frantic and spent millions of dollars to beat us back. For the first time in the history of this debate, the House of Representatives overwhelming approved a bill denying them taxpayer funds. And the debate helped expose Planned Parenthood for what they really are -- an abortion-centered, scandal-ridden, billion-dollar organization that does not need, nor deserve taxpayer support.
This fight is far from over and Planned Parenthood knows it.
The budget bill approved yesterday barely gets us through the summer. An even bigger fight is ahead, not to mention the 2012 election where analysts believe the Senate could undergo a dramatic change.
The Senators mentioned above who voted IN FAVOR of Planned Parenthood will be forced to defend their vote in states where polls show overwhelming opposition to this misuse of our money. Rest assured -- they will be hearing from CatholicVote.org.
Don't be discouraged. Remember, we are fighting for what is right, and therefore always on the winning side.
Thankfully we live in a country where there is always hope... and change.
Sincerely,
Brian Burch, President
CatholicVote.org
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