Senate kills family-planning rule; Pence breaks tieWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Mike Pence took the rare step of breaking a tie in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, casting the deciding vote to roll back protections for reproductive health funds.  Using the Congressional Review Act, which allows lawmakers to repeal recently minted regulations, senators killed a rule intended to keep federal grants flowing to clinics that provide contraception and other services in states that want to block the funding. The rule was enacted in the final weeks of former President Barack Obama’s administration, giving lawmakers the opening to nullify it under the review law. In recent years states such as Texas have kept some healthcare providers from receiving the grants as part of the country’s longstanding fight over abortion.  It was the second time on Thursday that Pence used his role as the chamber’s president to end a deadlock. He was called to the capitol earlier to carry the resolution through a procedural vote.  Saying the rule usurps states’ rights, Republicans argued local lawmakers should decide how healthcare money is distributed.  Their main concern is that federal money is being used to provide abortions, although the grants are specifically barred from funding those procedures. Republicans, including President Donald Trump, generally oppose abortion. “This regulation is an unnecessary restriction on states that know their residents’ own needs best,” said Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Democrats said the resolution was an attack on women’s health, contending the rollback will make it harder for low-income and rural women to obtain screenings for cancer and other diseases, as well as contraception. Most resolutions killing recent Obama-era regulations have sailed through the Republican-controlled Congress. They need to win only simple majorities in both chambers to go to the president for signing. The congressional review law was used only once successfully until this year. The family-planning resolution marked the 13th time it has been deployed effectively since the beginning of February, as well as the first time a resolution has come within a hair’s breadth of failing. “Republicans didn’t listen to us,” said Senator Patty Murray of Washington, the senior Democrat on the health committee. “They didn’t listen to women across the country who made it clear that restricting women’s access to the full range of reproductive care is unacceptable.”  The nonprofit Planned Parenthood, which provides abortions  and many other health and contraception services, receives some of the federal funding.  Noting the recent collapse of the Republican healthcare bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, Dawn Laguens, executive vice president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said Thursday’s votes were close because “people are sick and tired of politicians making it even harder for them to access healthcare.” politicsNews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Senate kills family-planning rule; Pence breaks tieWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Mike Pence took the rare step of breaking a tie in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, casting the deciding vote to roll back protections for reproductive health funds.  Using the Congressional Review Act, which allows lawmakers to repeal recently minted regulations, senators killed a rule intended to keep federal grants flowing to clinics that provide contraception and other services in states that want to block the funding. The rule was enacted in the final weeks of former President Barack Obama’s administration, giving lawmakers the opening to nullify it under the review law. In recent years states such as Texas have kept some healthcare providers from receiving the grants as part of the country’s longstanding fight over abortion.  It was the second time on Thursday that Pence used his role as the chamber’s president to end a deadlock. He was called to the capitol earlier to carry the resolution through a procedural vote.  Saying the rule usurps states’ rights, Republicans argued local lawmakers should decide how healthcare money is distributed.  Their main concern is that federal money is being used to provide abortions, although the grants are specifically barred from funding those procedures. Republicans, including President Donald Trump, generally oppose abortion. “This regulation is an unnecessary restriction on states that know their residents’ own needs best,” said Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Democrats said the resolution was an attack on women’s health, contending the rollback will make it harder for low-income and rural women to obtain screenings for cancer and other diseases, as well as contraception. Most resolutions killing recent Obama-era regulations have sailed through the Republican-controlled Congress. They need to win only simple majorities in both chambers to go to the president for signing. The congressional review law was used only once successfully until this year. The family-planning resolution marked the 13th time it has been deployed effectively since the beginning of February, as well as the first time a resolution has come within a hair’s breadth of failing. “Republicans didn’t listen to us,” said Senator Patty Murray of Washington, the senior Democrat on the health committee. “They didn’t listen to women across the country who made it clear that restricting women’s access to the full range of reproductive care is unacceptable.”  The nonprofit Planned Parenthood, which provides abortions  and many other health and contraception services, receives some of the federal funding.  Noting the recent collapse of the Republican healthcare bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, Dawn Laguens, executive vice president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said Thursday’s votes were close because “people are sick and tired of politicians making it even harder for them to access healthcare.” politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: senate kills rule pence breaks tiewashington reuters vice president mike pence took rare step breaking tie senate thursday casting deciding vote roll back protections reproductive health funds using congressional review act allows lawmakers repeal recently minted regulations senators killed rule intended keep federal grants flowing clinics provide contraception services states want block funding the rule enacted final weeks former president barack obama administration giving lawmakers opening qualify review law in recent years states texas kept healthcare providers receiving grants part country longstanding fight abortion it second time thursday pence used role chamber president end deadlock he called capitol earlier carry resolution procedural vote saying rule usurp states rights republicans argued local lawmakers decide healthcare money distributed their main concern federal money used provide abortions although grants specifically barred funding procedures republicans including president donald trump generally oppose abortion this regulation unnecessary restriction states know residents needs best said republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell democrats said resolution attack women health contending rollback make harder rural women obtain screenings cancer diseases well contraception most resolutions killing recent regulations sailed congress they need win simple majorities chambers go president signing the congressional review law used successfully year the resolution marked time deployed effectively since beginning february well first time resolution come within hair breadth failing republicans listen us said senator patty murray washington senior democrat health committee they listen women across country made clear restricting women access full range reproductive care the nonprofit planned parenthood provides abortions many health contraception services receives federal funding noting recent collapse republican healthcare bill house representatives dawn leagues executive vice president planned parenthood federation america said thursday votes close people sick tired politicians making even harder access politicsnews