Moreover, the Republicans’ uncompromising stance has been reinforced by the extreme position taken by many within its congressional delegation that Planned Parenthood – a health-care provider that primarily serves women – must be defunded as a condition of any budget deal. Boehner’s resignation, though viewed by some as clearing the way for a short-term deal to fund the government, merely underscores the limited ability of any “responsible” Republican leader to control the party’s increasingly fundamentalist caucus.
此外，共和党国会代表团不少议员坚持必须将停止资助主要服务于女性的医疗提供商计划生育组织作为达成任何预算协议的先决条件，这也再次凸显了共和党的不妥协立场。博纳的辞职虽然被某些人视为为达成政府短期结算协议扫清了障碍，但实际只是凸显了任何“负责任”的共和党领导人只能有限度地控制党内越来越强的原教旨主义倾向。