(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. House of Representatives voted to block federal payments to Planned Parenthood for a year, though the action didn’t satisfy some Republicans who are prepared to shut down the federal government over the issue.
Some conservatives criticized Friday’s 241-187 vote on the defunding measure as little more than a symbolic gesture with no chance of advancing. Those members have been willing to force a shutdown if defunding isn’t linked to a federal spending bill.
“The result here, unfortunately, is we won’t get this bill into law,” said Representative John Fleming of Louisiana, a founding member of the House Freedom Caucus of about 40 conservative Republicans.
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