Kentucky Senator and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul argued that if there is a shutdown over Planned Parenthood funding “it would be the Democrats shutting down government” on Tuesday’s “America’s Newsroom” on the Fox News Channel. Rand said, “I’ve always voted to defund Planned Parenthood, and will continue to do so. I think the power of the purse is something we should use. In fact, that’s a Congressional prerogative. and the problem is, we haven’t really tried hard enough. So, I’ll keep pressing on. We’ll try to attach it to appropriation bills. The thing is that it is the responsibility, it’s not unusual for Congress to give rules to the president on how to spend money. That’s what we’re supposed to do.” Rand was then asked, “Would you shut down the government over this, if it comes to that come the fall?” He answered, “Well, I think that’s a matter of
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