On Wed. May 14th, the state Senate passed the Health Dept., Human Services Dept., and Dept. of Children, Youth, and families omnibus budget bill (HF2435) that funds abortion and Planned Parenthood. Several amendments were introduced, perhaps most noteworthy was one pushed by Sen. Nathan Wesenberg (SD10) that would remove funding for abortion from the legislation.

Wesenberg is a hardcore, pro-life conservative who has never backed down from the issue. This amendment forced all GOP Senators to be on record in an up or down vote on the issue of taxpayer funded abortions. This amendment failed on party lines in a vote of 34 to 33. Video of Sen. Wesenberg can be seen here. See amendment and vote below:

According to Senator Nathan Wesenberg, the fake pro-life group, MCCL, has previously “begged” Wesenberg not to introduce life at conception votes because they are “too extreme”. A4L recently exposed how corrupt this organization truly is in previous reporting and how the House voted on this in other reporting. Wesenberg's amendment also disproves the lie that the MCCL pushes about the legislature having no influence on abortion and Planned Parenthood funding.

Ultimately, this multi-subject unconstitutional bill passed the Senate on a party line vote of 34 to 33. How interesting is it that Republicans in the minority in the Senate end up voting more conservative than the House Republicans who control the Speakership!? 29 RINOs in the House were unwilling to take the same exact vote that some of the most liberal Republican Senators just took. It shows that the corrupt uniparty really controls Minnesota. What is also noteworthy is that Sen. Keri Heintzeman (SD6) opposed the bill while her husband RINO Rep. Josh Heintzeman (6B) supported it! Political expediency in each chamber can even divide married couples on votes!

The Senate did pass nine amendments to the legislation, most of which were technical corrections or dealt with emergency/ambulance service grants. The changes made to this bill will bring it back to the House which can either accept the amendments and pass the bill again or send it to a conference committee. Based on discussion during the floor debates, this will likely go to a conference committee. 

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