Subject: Six Days to Republican-Forced Shutdown
From: DNC Press <[email-masked]>
To: DNC Press <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 16:55:29 +0000

We are six days away from a Republican-forced government shutdown cheered on by the Republican candidates for president – this time all to take health care access away from women.

  *   Ted Cruz promised<http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/08/20/ted-cruz-planned-parenthood-video-funding-column/32054115/> to “lead the fight” to shut down the government in order to defund Planned Parenthood.
  *   Donald Trump thinks<http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/04/politics/donald-trump-government-shutdown-planned-parenthood/> that Congress should shut down the government over Planned Parenthood.
  *   Jeb Bush endorsed<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FwNcUYabI4&feature=youtu.be&t=11> the strategy that could shut down the federal government in order to defund Planned Parenthood.
  *   Marco Rubio supports<http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2015/08/07/marco-rubio-on-planned-parenthood-this-is-the-democrats-threatening-to-shut-down-the-government/> the strategy to shut down the government over funding for Planned Parenthood.
  *   Carly Fiorina said<http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/fiorina-close-the-government-down-to-stop-planned-parenthood/article/2569487> that Congress “should close the government down” in order to defund Planned Parenthood.
  *   Ben Carson called<http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-09-17/some-republican-presidential-candidates-egg-on-government-shutdown-strategy> on Congress to have the “courage” to exercise their powers and defund Planned Parenthood.
  *   Rand Paul said he supports “any legislation that will defund Planned Parenthood” and that Congress should use the "power of the purse” to defund Planned Parenthood.
  *   Chris Christie when asked about the government shutdown to defund Planned Parenthood said, “It’s time to get it done.”
  *   Bobby Jindal supports the strategy that would shut down the government in order to defund Planned Parenthood.
  *   John Kasich is in a difficult situation – he wants to defund Planned Parenthood<https://twitter.com/FoxNewsSunday/status/643047661118033920>, and called his role as an architect of an earlier government shutdown “one of the greatest moments of my career.<http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2013/09/does_gov_john_kasich_want_anot.html#incart_river_default>”
  *   Mike Huckabee suggested defunding Planned Parenthood should be tied to the debt ceiling. Huckabee also wouldn’t rule out<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-huckabee-troops-abortion_55bbc20ee4b06363d5a22323> using federal troops and the FBI to stop women from having abortions.

Here are just a few of the damaging things that happened the last time Republicans forced an unnecessary government shutdown:

  *   The shutdown cost $24 billion.
  *   Agencies including the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency had to cancel health and safety inspections.
  *   Almost $4 billion in tax refunds were delayed.
  *   Federal loans to small businesses, homeowners, and families in rural communities were put on hold.
  *   Private-sector lending to individuals and small businesses was disrupted, because banks and lenders couldn’t access government income and Social Security Number verification services.
  *   Critical government-sponsored scientific research was put on hold. Notably, four of the five Nobel prize winning scientists who work for the federal government were furloughed during the shutdown.

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