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Source: Courtesy Photo from Office of Rep. Andy Harris
The Hyde Amendment failed to make its way into the spending bill which advanced out of the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday. This is the first not to include the amendment, which protects taxpayers from having to fund elective abortions. Hyde has passed every year since 1976 with bipartisan support.
The amendment failed 27-32, which all 26 Republican members and Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX) voted in favor of.
Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) offered the amendment, which Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), a medical doctor and co-chair of the House Pro-Life Caucus, spoke in support of. Both noted that the amendment was a simple one to include.
The counting of Electoral College votes in Congress on Wednesday devolved into chaos as pro-Trump extremists stormed the U.S. Capitol.
Republican Senator James Lankford was on the floor objecting to the counting of the vote when the Capitol building was put on lockdown.
#BREAKING: Senators pause Electoral College debate amid Capitol Hill protests.
Aide to Sen. James Lankford: Protesters are in the building. pic.twitter.com/GNOCrtpAuN
You can hear an aide telling Lankford protesters were in the building.
Meanwhile, Oklahoma Republican Congressman Markwayne Mullin told ABC News he witnessed a shooting. That person who came through the door, you know, I was right there when they came to the door and when that person got shot. And it’s a tragic situation that took place, Mullin said.