DC funding fix runs into abortion concerns in House

DC funding fix runs into abortion concerns in House

House Republicans are likely to amend the Senate-passed bill that would allow the District of Columbia to avoid a $1.1 billion budget cut to make clear that a legacy anti-abortion rider is still in effect, House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., said Tuesday. The House GOP wants to make sure the so-called Dornan amendment — a decades-old rider that prevents the D.C. government from funding abortion coverage for Medicaid beneficiaries us…

House GOP leaders consider DC abortion language in budget fix

The House Republican leadership is going to spend the week talking to GOP lawmakers about whether they want to vote on a Senate-passed fix to a potential D.C. budget shortfall.