NEWSMAX: …Just before telling fellow House Republicans on Friday that he would step down at the end of October, Boehner described plans to pass a stop-gap government funding measure that will omit any cut-off in federal support for Planned Parenthood.
The plan defies Republican conservatives, who want to use a funding bill to punish the women’s healthcare group over an abortion-related controversy. Some Tea Party conservatives had said recently that Boehner’s reluctance to defund the group would jeopardize his position.
Now that he is stepping down, Boehner can move with impunity on a funding bill before a Sept. 30 deadline, even if it means passing the measure largely with Democratic votes… (more)
