{"id":1003430,"date":"2019-01-17T11:10:17","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T15:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003430"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:10:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:10:46","slug":"dnc-on-sen-mcconnell-filing-cloture-on-anti-abortion-bill-instead-of-working-to-end-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-sen-mcconnell-filing-cloture-on-anti-abortion-bill-instead-of-working-to-end-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC on Sen. McConnell Filing Cloture on Anti-Abortion Bill Instead of Working to End Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">DNC women\u2019s media director Elizabeth Renda released the following statement on Sen. McConnell\u2019s decision to file cloture on anti-abortion bill S. 109 yesterday during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe misplaced priorities of Sen. McConnell and the rest of Trump\u2019s Republican cronies in Congress have never been more clear, and they are dangerously out of step with the interests of the American people. Last night, on the 26th day of the longest government shutdown in our country\u2019s history, the Republican Senate Majority Leader chose to file cloture on anti-abortion bill S. 109. According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/prochoice.org\/mcconnell-files-cloture-harmful-anti-abortion-s-109\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/prochoice.org\/mcconnell-files-cloture-harmful-anti-abortion-s-109\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1548963490951000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG8baxq8SG-Ghd7w5pjVg4TzqbK0w\">National Abortion Federation<\/a>, S. 109 would make it functionally impossible for millions of women to obtain private insurance coverage for abortion care. This dangerous bill could effectively push insurers to drop abortion coverage and penalize women who choose comprehensive health insurance that includes abortion coverage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cMillions of federal workers, small businesses, and communities across the country are suffering immeasurably due to the Trump shutdown, but McConnell would rather work on restricting women\u2019s access to reproductive health care than join Democrats working to find a solution that would end the shutdown. Trump has repeatedly refused to accept a bipartisan deal to reopen the government, and McConnell refuses to bring legislation to the floor to reopen the government despite the support of a majority of senators. The American people are watching, and they won\u2019t forget Trump or McConnell\u2019s shamefully out-of-touch priorities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNC women\u2019s media director Elizabeth Renda released the following statement on Sen. McConnell\u2019s decision to file cloture on anti-abortion bill S. 109 yesterday during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history: &nbsp; \u201cThe misplaced priorities of Sen. McConnell and the rest of Trump\u2019s Republican cronies in Congress have never been more clear, and they are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DNC on Sen. 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