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==Legislation to defund [[Planned Parenthood]]==
 
==Legislation to defund [[Planned Parenthood]]==
 
The 2009 measure offered by Republican Mike Pence to stop taxpayer dollars from being used to fund [[abortion]]s failed and funding was kept in place. Only 12 Blue Dogs voted with conservatives to remove funding. <ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll643.xml#Y%23Y FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 643 House.gov]</ref>
 
The 2009 measure offered by Republican Mike Pence to stop taxpayer dollars from being used to fund [[abortion]]s failed and funding was kept in place. Only 12 Blue Dogs voted with conservatives to remove funding. <ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll643.xml#Y%23Y FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 643 House.gov]</ref>
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==Legislation to defund [[ACORN]]==
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Of the seventy-five failed Democrat votes in the September 17, 2009 House resolution defunding ACORN, surprisingly only one Blue-dog Democrat stood with ACORN. <ref>[http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/House-votes-to-cut-off-ACORN-funding-59647917.html House votes to cut off funding, but 75 stand by ACORN, Wshington Examiner, September 17, 2009]</ref>
    
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