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Abortion threatens congressional impasse on funding

CQ on Congress podcast, Episode 157

Rep. Norma Torres, D-Calif., referred to some GOP colleagues as "sex starved males" on the House floor, setting off a brief spat. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

By Sandhya Raman, Shawn Zeller and Toula Vlahou

Posted June 14, 2019 at 1:07pm

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House Democrats’ effort to rescind Trump administration anti-abortion policies threatens to hold up government spending bills. CQ Roll Call reporter Sandhya Raman details the debate and surveys how lawmakers are using abortion politics, both in Washington and the states, to rile their voters ahead of next year’s election.

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