Republican leadership won an important symbolic battle Tuesday when the Senate parliamentarian ruled that a measure stripping Planned Parenthood of federal funding could be included in a reconciliation bill that repeals key parts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
It’s a win for the party base, but it could ultimately be the downfall of the repeal bill if it forces the chambers three GOP senators who support abortion rights to vote no.
To be clear, Republicans can put anything they want in the bill. But the parliamentarian’s ruling means that their decision to include the divisive provision will not jeopardize the bill’s ability to be passed through the “reconciliation” process. That process, which allows legislation to evade a filibuster, is reserved for budgetary legislation that reduces the federal deficit.
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