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Pelosi and Schumer want coronavirus relief to include Planned Parenthood funding

By Kaylee McGhee White
Published March 25, 2020 1:09am ET
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Pelosi and Schumer want coronavirus relief to include Planned Parenthood funding
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, right, speaks to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California during a Raise The Wage Act news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019. Democrats unveiled a bill to raise the hourly federal minimum wage to $15 — long-shot legislation that would likely require compromise with Republicans to become law. | (Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg Photos)

If it was not already apparent that the Democrats are not interested in serious negotiation, it should be now.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer are reportedly lobbying on behalf of Planned Parenthood, a nonprofit organization that cannot legally receive taxpayer dollars under the Hyde Amendment, and demanding that Senate Republicans include the abortion provider in its stimulus relief package.

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