Government shutdown

GOP Candidate and Senator from Texas Ted Cruz has said that if the government shuts down over the defunding of Planned Parenthood the blame is on President Obama. Cruz has previously said he is willing to shut down the government over the issue. Calls to defund Planned Parenthood have erupted since a controversial edited video …

Talks of defunding Planned Parenthood followed a controversial edited video from which politicians are saying that the organization took fetal tissues and organs and sold them for profit. Planned Parenthood has announced that it is launching an ad campaign targeting vulnerable GOP senators in response. The ads will run in the home states of Sens. Kelly …