Ryan Won't Back Down on Zika Fight Over Planned Parenthood

Ryan Won't Back Down on Zika Fight Over Planned Parenthood
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House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Thursday again dismissed concerns that the GOP's funding bill to fight the Zika virus intentionally targets Planned Parenthood, even as members of his party call for the controversial language to be removed.

Ryan's strong stance against changing the language to appease Democrats comes as Senate Republican leaders inch toward a deal that would likely take the Planned Parenthood fight out of the bill to fund Zika relief altogether.

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