(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. House of Representatives voted to blockfederal payments to Planned Parenthood for a year, thoughthe action didn’t satisfy some Republicans who are prepared toshut down the federal government over theissue.

Some conservatives criticized Friday’s 241-187 vote on thedefunding measure as little more than a symbolic gesture with nochance of advancing. Those members have been willing to force ashutdown if defunding isn’t linked to a federal spending bill.

“The result here, unfortunately, is we won’t get this bill intolaw,” said Representative John Fleming of Louisiana, a foundingmember of the House Freedom Caucus of about 40 conservativeRepublicans.

The bill, H.R. 3134, would bar federal funds for PlannedParenthood and its affiliates for a year unless they certifythat they won’t perform abortions. The House also passed, 248-177,a second measure that would impose criminal penalties on doctorswho fail to provide medical attention to live babies deliveredduring abortions. That bill is H.R. 3504.

The votes represented efforts by House Speaker John Boehner andother Republican leaders to satisfy conservatives who are outragedby undercover videos purporting to show PlannedParenthoodofficials discussing reimbursement for providing tissuefrom aborted fetuses to researchers.

Planned Parenthood, the women’s reproductive health service, hassaid it doesn’t sell fetal tissue for profit, and instead receivesthe cost of collecting and delivering it. Bloomberg Philanthropiesprovides financial support for Planned Parenthood.

Stopgap Measure

Boehner is trying to get enough support from rank-and-fileRepublicans to pass a stopgap spending bill to prevent a partialgovernment shutdown when the new fiscal year starts Oct. 1. If theconservatives can’t be brought along, Boehner might have to seekvotes from House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California.

Pelosi may seek concessions from Boehner in exchange for herparty’s help.

“I cannot say he can count on votes of Democrats,”Representative Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, said at aChristian Science Monitor breakfast Friday.

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If Boehner needs Democratic votes to pass a spending bill, “wewould like to see something like” a measure reviving the U.S.Export-Import Bank attached to it, Van Hollen said.

Some conservatives in Boehner’s party said Friday’s votesweren’t enough to bring them on board, particularly becausePresident Barack Obama has said he would veto both abortionmeasures if they reached his desk. The Senate hasn’t scheduledaction on either of the measures.

‘Hold Us Accountable’

“Our constituents rightly hold us accountable for results,”Fleming said. The stand-alone proposal to defund PlannedParenthood “won’t get through the Senate, and the presidentwon’t sign it even if it does,” he said.

Fleming said that’s why he and at least three-dozen other Houseconservatives are insisting that defunding language be included inthe spending bill.

That would force the Senate to consider it and Obama to choosebetween signing a bill with the defunding language or shutting downthe government, Fleming said.

Representative Matt Salmon of Arizona said House Republicansneed to find out if Obama would follow through on his veto threats,instead of backing down before trying to force his hand.

Representative Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina saidconservatives aren’t trying to goad Boehner into making a deal withDemocrats on a spending bill so they can build their case to removehim from the party’s top spot.

Fleming said, “This has nothing to do with the speaker.” Hedescribed the abortion strategy as an issue of conscience, whileadding, “That’s not to say his actions aren’t being watchedclosely.”

Not all conservatives agreed.

‘Impossible Line’

Representative Trent Franks, an Arizona Republican and sponsorof the measure that would impose criminal penalties on doctors,said, “The speaker’s having to walk an impossible line rightnow.”

Franks said Boehner’s difficulties are compounded by SenateDemocrats’ ability to block legislation from advancing in thatchamber although they are in the minority.

“I think he’s doing about the best a human being could do,”Franks said. Passing a short-term spending bill, along withFranks’s separate measure, is a better path that will leaveRepublicans on high ground, he said.

--With assistance from Erik Wasson and Laura Curtis inWashington.

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