IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
“Congressman Mike Coffman’s repeated votes this year to defund critical healthcare services for women and families are shameful,” said DCCC Spokesman Tyler Law. “But don’t take it from me, just look at how fast Coffman tries to run from his record every time he faces the voters.”
ICYMI: Mike Coffman votes for budget bill that defunds Planned Parenthood
The Denver Post
By Joey Bunch
October 25, 2015
As a budget deadline looms, U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman of Aurora joined most other House Republicans last week to support doomed legislation that would unravel Obamacare and defund Planned Parenthood for a year.
Rep. Ken Buck of Windsor, a member of the staunchly conservative Freedom Caucus, was one of seven House Republicans who voted against the bill, because it did not completely repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Coffman said Planned Parenthood’s abortion practices “fly in the face of human decency.” Buck has said Planned Parenthood showed “reckless disregard for the most vulnerable members of our community,” offering a petition on his campaign website that says he’s committed to removing all taxpayer money from the agency.
Instead the bill, which represents the 61st GOP attempt to undermine the president’s signature healthcare bill, would remove the requirement for each American to obtain health insurance.
Democrats have been taking Coffman to task for months over his Planned Parenthood positions, after he used an ad touting the women’s healthcare provider’s support in a campaign last year, but has since voted repeatedly to defund it this year.
He has joined with anti-abortion Republicans in Washington who said they were outraged by undercover videos released by an anti-abortion group this summer that appeared to show Planned Parenthood executives suggesting an illegal sale of fetal tissue for medical research. Planned Parenthood has vehemently denied wrongdoing and said the videos were edited to be misleading.
Though the budget bill needs only a simple majority of 51 votes in the Senate, where there are 54 Republicans, it has a tough road ahead. Some Senate conservatives — including presidential candidates Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio — also want an all-out repeal of Obamacare — while a handful of moderates oppose defunding Planned Parenthood.
Even if the bill passes the House and Senate, it would face a certain veto when it lands on the president’s desk. If Congress does not pass a budget that raises the federal $18.1 trillion debt ceiling by Nov. 3, the Treasury Department has said the government will run out of money to pay its bills. Some economists say that could help throw the economy into a tailspin by putting the nation’s credit-worthiness in doubt.
Coffman’s Democratic opponent in next year’s race in Congressional District 6, state Sen. Morgan Carroll of Aurora, was quick to criticize him for the latest Planned Parenthood vote.
“It is appalling to see people playing political games with women’s lives, bodies and personal freedoms,” Carroll said in a statement Friday.
In case you missed it before, here’s some examples of how Mike Coffman’s “doublespeak” has been ridiculed locally:
Rep. Mike Coffman at once champions pregnant workers yet votes to defund Planned Parenthood
Colorado Independent
By Kyle Harris
http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/7142-poll-mia-love-49-doug-owens-38