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If the federal government were to face another shutdown, it looks like the GOP would get the blame.
Results from a Quinnipiac poll released Monday found that 41 percent of voters would blame the GOP, while 33 percent would blame President Obama and the Democrats. Seventeen percent would place the blame equally.
Congress must pass legislation to fund the federal government by Oct. 1. And the August recess has made that timetable tight.
Most voters would blame the other party for a government shutdown. Slightly more Republicans would blame their own party though, at 9 percent. For Democrats, the figure is 6 percent.
There is the possibility of a shutdown over funding Planned Parenthood. Eighteen Republican Congressmen sent a letter to House leadership refusing to supporting any resolutions funding Planned Parenthood.
A similar situation arose in 2011 over Planned Parenthood funding, but a shutdown was averted when Republicans backed down.
The Quinnipiac poll revealed that 69 percent of voters, including 53 percent of Republicans, would oppose shutting down the government over Planned Parenthood funding.
