Americans might not always be big fans of the federalgovernment, but they'd still prefer it stay running. And they don'tthink that funding for Planned Parenthood is a good enough excuseto shut it down.
A poll by CNN/ORC finds that 71 percent of Americans say it ismore important for Congress to approve a budget to keep thegovernment running than for it to eliminate funding for PlannedParenthood. Congress must pass a funding bill by Oct. 1 to avoid ashutdown similar to what took place two years ago, whenCongressional Republicans provoked a shutdown over funding for thePatient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Only 22 percent said Congress' priority should be to stripfederal funds from the organization. Another 5 percent said the twogoals are equally important and 2 percent had no opinion.
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